Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

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Front

Wing, left

Wing, right

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 90mm
Width: 102mm (open)

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Virgin praying; sun and moon.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Hermann Baer, art dealer; Ronald A. Lee collection; Sotheby's, London, 28 November 2001, lot 4. Private collection, London (no. 220): bought from A&E Foster, 9 December 2002; Sotheby's, London, 2 December 2008, lot 15.

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