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

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Private collection, London (in 2010)

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Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 83mm
Width: 121mm (open)
Depth: 9mm

Wing, left
Adoration of the Magi (Virgo lactans).
Wing, right
Crucifixion; cruciform halo; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Medallions containing trefoils in the spandrels. Beaded border.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding: architectural details, crowns, book.

Reverse
Smooth and flat.

Object Condition
Vertical crack across the whole left wing.

Provenance
Wendl Kunst-Auktionshaus, Rudolstadt, date tbc, lot 1734. Cologne, 15 August 1999, lot 1184. Private collection, Maastricht: sold to Blumka in Maastricht in 2006; private collection, London: bought from Blumka, New York, 14 September 2006.

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