Gothic Ivories Project | Panel, 1 register (fragment of the right wing of a diptych) (Back)

Panel, 1 register (fragment of the right wing of a diptych) (Back)

Panel, 1 register (fragment of the right wing of a diptych) (Back)

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Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts

23.138

Ivory

Height: 48mm
Width: 65mm

Coronation of the Virgin; two kneeling angels holding candlesticks.

Randall 1993: French (?), 3rd quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
One missing hinge.

Object Condition
Modern hole in the upper left corner.
Right border has been trimmed.
Trace of hinges on the left side (repaired with a piece of ivory).

Comments
This panel once was the upper register of the right wing of a diptych.

Provenance
Bought from A. Satori in Vienna, in 1923 (Founders Society Purchase).

Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 143.

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