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

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

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

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ.

Repository Institution
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Baltimore, Walters Art Museum

Inv. 71.194

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 73mm
Width: 54mm (each)

Wing, left
Nativity with Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Wing, right
Adoration of the Magi.

Randall 1985 and Museum's opinion 2010: Flemish or Mosan, last quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Object Condition
Vertical cracks: one panel has been rejoined.

Provenance
Bought by Henry Walters before 1931; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Bibliography
R. H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (New York, 1985), no. 311.

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