Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Copenhagen, Nationalmuseet

Inv. D57/1962

Ivory

Height: 47mm
Width: 90mm
Depth: 8mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; tender gesture of Christ touching the Virgin's chin with his right hand.
Pointed trefoil in the gable; stems of flowers (roses) in the spandrels.

Liebgott 1985 and Museum's opinion 2013: Germany or Switzerland, 1330-1350.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Large hole above the Virgin's head.
Missing: candles.

Provenance
Probably from the collection of Christian Axel Jensen. Registered in the inventory of the Nationalmuseet in 1962.

Bibliography
N. K. Liebgott, Elfenben - fra Danmarks Middelalder (Copenhagen, 1985), p. 63, fig. 59.

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