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Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Saints.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 76mm
Width: 107mm

Wing, left
Saint Catherine of Alexandria holding a wheel and martyr's palm; standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; Virgin holding a stem of flowers in her right hand; saint Agnes with a book, a martyr's palm and a lamb.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Object Condition
The upper part of the right border of the left wing has broken off and been glued back into place.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 7 April 1970, lot 40.


Image

Conway Library © Courtauld Institute of Art.

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