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

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

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Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art

2006.135

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Wing, left
Crucifixion; Virgin with one of the Holy Women; Virgin with hands crossed on her chest; saint John the Evangelist and onlooker; rugged cross.
Wing, right
Adoration of the Magi.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels. Border of dentils. Diapered background.

Museum's opinion 2012: Flemish, last quarter of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Labels with Austrian customs stamps.

Provenance
Collection of Dr. George Henry Alexander Clowes (bought from E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York, at an unknown date); bequest of his son Allen W. Clowes, in 2006.


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© Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis.
Credit Line: Indianapolis Museum of Art, Bequest of Allen Whitehill Clowes.

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