Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 4 paired arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 paired arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 paired arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Religious. Life of Christ. Passion.

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Toronto, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

29103

Ivory

Height: 172mm
Width: 117.6mm (closed); 236mm (open)
Depth: 10.2mm
Weight: 457g

Wing, left
Register 1: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter; Death of Judas (Judas hanging). Last Supper with saint John the Evangelist leaning on Christ's breast; Christ feeding Judas across the table.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Wing, right
Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls. Resurrection; two angels standing on the tomb; tomb decorated with pierced trefoils.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi. Entry into Jerusalem; tree.
Pinnacles; tiled roof or brickwork; beaded border.

Museum's opinion 2008: French or Flemish (?), mid 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label: no. 213.

Provenance
Heugel Collection. Marcus Antocolsky collection: sale, Paris, 12 June 1901, lot 70. Cyril Humphries collection, Geneva; Thomson Collection, Toronto: acquired, 11 December 1989, from Richard Camber, London; since 2008, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto.

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