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

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Back - wing, left)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Back - wing, left)

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Wing, left

Front

Back

Wing, left

Wing, right

Back - wing, right

Side

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Repository Institution
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La Spezia, Museo Civico Amedeo Lia

A72; A73

Ivory;brass (later frame)

Height: 75mm
Width: 150mm
Depth: 7-8mm

Wing, left
Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; musician shepherd playing the bagpipes; two angels holding scrolls; sheep.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers; sun and moon.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Giusti 1999: France (Paris), c. 1340-1350.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of the two original hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Labels with inscriptions: '3[...]/21' and '161'. Red wax.

Object Condition
Left wing broken in three pieces.

Provenance
Acquired on the art market, Rome.

Bibliography
P. Giusti in Museo Civico Amedeo Lia: Sculture e oggetti d'arte (I cataloghi del Museo Civico Amedeo Lia), ed. by M. Ratti and A. Marmori (La Spezia, 1999), no. 2.20; 2.21.

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