Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register (Front)

Wing, left
Deposition with thieves; Virgin supported by saint John the Evangelist; saint Mary Magdalene embracing the foot of the cross; angel rescuing the soul of the good thief; demon ravishing the soul of the bad thief; ladder.
Wing, right
Death of the Virgin (Dormition); saint Peter placing a candle in the Virgin's hands; apostles; saint John the Evangelist with martyr's palm; angels holding a pillow under the Virgin's head.

Mann 1931: French (?), c. 1400.
Museum's opinion 2009: French (Paris), c. 1400.
Williamson and Davies 2014: French (Paris), c. 1400-1410.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive polychromy and gilding: green, blue, red, black, gold; white; yellow; pink.

Reverse
Hidden by the frame.

Provenance
Collection of Sir Richard Wallace (by 1890).

Bibliography
J. G. Mann, Wallace Collection Catalogues: Sculptures, Marbles, Terracotas and Bronzes, Carvings in Ivory and Wood, Plaquettes, Medals, Coins and Wax-Reliefs (London, 1931 with 1981 supplement), p. 93, pl. 63.
C. Di Fabio, 'La pace di San Lorenzo di Portovenere, il maresciallo di Boucicaut e Pedro de Luna', in Estratto da Studi Oreficiera, Supplemento al N. 95 del Bollettino d'Arte del Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali (1996), pp. 137-148, fig. 2.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), p. 457 (no. 2), in relation to no. 157.

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