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

Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Galleria di Palazzo Cini a San Vio (on extended loan from the Cini heirs)

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: green/blue and red alternating in the foliage decorating the gable.Trace of two painted medallions in the spandrels.

Reverse
'Castello di Monselice' label with no. 3007. Piece of card reading 'Arte tedesca XVI secolo. Trittico con la Madonna e la Crocefissione'.Partly torn sticker with no. 39 still visible (but was preceded by at least one other figure). Sticker with no. 2 stamped in red [noted by Catherine Yvard, September 2009].

Object Condition
Missing: candles. Broken around the hinges on the left wing.

Comments
Letter 'H' (?) engraved in the lower right corner of the right wing.

Provenance
Collection of Vittorio Cini (b. 1885, d. 1977), Venice: on extended loan to the Galleria di Palazzo Cini a San Vio since 1989, courtesy of Yilda Cini Guglielmi di Vulci, second daughter of Vittorio Cini.

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