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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

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Saint Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum

Inv. F 3209

Ivory

Height: 82 mm
Width: 55 mm
Depth: 7 mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks.

Kryzhanovskaya 2014: France, 1st half of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Incised inscription: 'W'.

Object Condition
Virgin's face damaged.
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Acquired in Vienna in 1886 by the Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts, Saint Petersburg; transferred to the Hermitage in 1926.

Bibliography
M. Kryzhanovskaya, Western European Medieval Ivories. Catalogue of the Collection (Зaпaднoeврoпeйскaя рeзнaя кoстъ Срeдних вeкoв. Кataлoг кoллeкции), (Saint Peterburg, 2014), no. 85.


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