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Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Wing, left

Wing, right

Subject
Religious. Passion.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Wing, left
Register 1: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); soldiers in armour; Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter; lantern. Death of Judas (Judas hanging).
Register 2: Entry into Jerusalem; foal of the she-ass.
Wing, right
Register 1: Crucifixion; Longinus with spear kneeling in prayer; Virgin supported by Holy Women; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers.
Register 2: Last Supper with saint John the Evangelist leaning on Christ's breast; Christ feeding Judas across the table.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels. Border of dentils.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges. Traces of two other hinges with repairs.

Provenance
Collection of Hollingworth Magniac (b. 1786, d. 1867): sale, Christie's, 2 and 4 July 1892. London. Christie's, London, 1 December 1925.


Image

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