Gothic Ivories Project | Openwork medallion (médaillon ajouré) (Front)

Openwork medallion (médaillon ajouré) (Front)

Openwork medallion (médaillon ajouré) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe

Inv. 1923.81

Ivory;silver (frame)

Adoration of the Magi and Annunciation to the Shepherds; angel holding a scroll.
Foliated decoration in the background.

Museum's opinion 2013: French, c. 1420-30.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding and polychromy: gold (halo), blue (clothing), green (ground), white (clothing), brown (stable), black (shoes), silver (possibly later).

Reverse
Reverse not visible.

Object Condition
Worn.
Missing: parts of the background.

Provenance
Purchased from Rudolf Lepke, art dealer, Berlin, in 1923.

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