Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin.

Private collection, London (in 2015)

S/n

Ivory

Height: 140mm
Width: 97mm
Depth: 10 mm

Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by the Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers.
Register 2: Annunciation; scroll; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Visitation.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy.

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Gluckselig & Son (purchased in 1954). Sotheby's, New York, 5 June 1997, lot 124; private collection, London (in 2015).

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