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Diptych, 1 register, with arches (frise d'arcatures); so-called Innes Diptych (Front)
Diptych, 1 register, with arches (frise d'arcatures); so-called Innes Diptych (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Saints. Passion.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 89 mm
Width: 127 mm (each)

Wing, left
Register 1: Seated Virgin and the Child; St. Anthony Abbot, St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. James Major, bishop (possibly St. Nicholas).
Wing, right
Register 1: Flagellation; Christ tied to the column of the Flagellation. Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.

London 1923: Italy, early 15th century.
Egbert 1929: Italy (Venice or Veneto), early 15th century.


Attribution
Style of the Innes Diptych (Egbert 1929)

Hinges
Traces of two missing ring hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding and/or polychromy: stars pattern.

Provenance
Collection of Mr and Mrs Ernest C. Innes (at least 1923-1935): Innes sale, Christie's, London, 12 December 1935, lot 49.

Bibliography
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Carvings in Ivory, exhibition catalogue, London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1923, no. 167, pl. XXXVIII.
D. D. Egbert, 'North Italian Gothic Ivories in the Museo Cristiano of the Vatican Library', in Art Studies 7 (1929), pp. 168-207 [p. 174, fig. 11].


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