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

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


Unknown location

S/n

Metal (hinges);ivory

Height: 68 mm
Width: 51 mm (each)

Wing, left
Unidentified female saint with a martyr's palm and book; saint Catherine of Alexandria with martyr's palm and wheel; unidentified male saint with martyr's palm and book (possibly saint John the Evangelist).
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; rugged cross; sun and moon.

Unpublished.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Object Condition
Hole in outer upper corner of each wing.

Provenance
Private collection, Rhineland; sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 16 May 2015, lot 1551.


Image

© Lempertz, Cologne, 2015.

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