Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

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Wing, left

Wing, right

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Life of Christ. Passion.

Repository Institution
www.philamuseum.org

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Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art

1921-20-1

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 167mm
Width: 217mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Flagellation. Carrying of the Cross with the Virgin helping Christ.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Visitation. Shepherds and angels (part of the Annunciation to the Shepherds on the right wing).
Wing, right
Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls. Resurrection; two angels standing on the tomb.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds. Adoration of the Magi.
Pointed trefoils in the gables.

Randall 1993: French (Paris), 3rd quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Atelier of the Master of the Great Passion Diptychs (Randall)

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Gift of Mrs Charles Wolcott Henry to the Museum in 1921.

Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 132.

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