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

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

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

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

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Metal (hinges);ivory

Height: 170 cm
Width: 192 cm (open)

Wing, left
Register 1: Carrying of the Cross; soldier with winged hat. Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Register 2: Annunciation. Nativity.
Wing, right
Register 1: Resurrection; two angels in the tomb with hands in prayer; two angels praying. Noli me Tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene); tree.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi; attendant with horses.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Dormeuil collection (in 1924). Collection of Jack and Belle Linsky; Sotheby's, New York, 1 January 1984, lot 111.

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