Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Repository Institution
www.focke-museum.de

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Bremen, Focke-Museum

Inv. 1924.094

Metal (hinges);ivory

Height: 76 mm
Width: 63 mm (each)

Wing, left
Adoration of the Magi.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; sun and moon.
Pointed trefoils.

Museum's opinion 2014: French, end of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Provenance
Bought by the Museum from Vecht, Amsterdam in 1924.

Bibliography
E. Grohne, 'Die wichstigsten Neuerwerbungen des Gewerbe-Museums und des Focke Museums', in Bremisches Jahrbuch 30 (1926), pp. 423ff., pl. 17.

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