Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register (plaquettes) (Front)

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Basel, Historisches Museum Basel

1956.115.

Ivory;gilded copper (frame)

Height: 80mm-115mm (with frame)
Width: 46mm-63mm (with frame)
Depth: 7.7mm (with frame)
Weight: 249.52g

Wing, left
Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit; God the Father.
Wing, right
Nativity.

Museum's opinion 2010: French (Alsace) or Swiss (Basel), c. 1470-1500.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
With engravings of saint Barbara and saint Ursula after prints by the Master E. S.

Comments
After prints by Martin Schongauer. Encased in a frame of gilded copper.

Provenance
Bought from Ms M. H. Drey, London, in 1956

Bibliography
Spätmittelalter am Oberrhein: Alltag, Handwerk und Handel 1350-1525, exhibition catalogue, Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, 2001, no. 203, p. 112.

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