Inv. MA 2037
Judas receiving the reward; Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Saint Peter cuts Malchus' ear.
Koechlin 1924 and Berliner 1926: France, 2nd half of 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2014: France, mid 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Trace of one missing hinge on the right side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth, with some scoring.
Blue and white label with inscription: 'No. 1399' (repeated). Ink inscription: 'n. 284'. Labels with inscriptions: '386', 'no. 2037 no. 58 K. VI. 1404'.
Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the wing, including an upper register.
Comments
The diptych would originally have had two or three registers.
Provenance
Ambras Castle collection, Innsbruck, no. 284 and 58; acquired for the royal collections in 1811; transferred from the Königliche Vereinigte Sammlungen, Munich to the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in 1866.
Bibliography
Das Mittelalter. II, Gotische Alterthümer der Baukunst und Bildnerei, by H. Graf, G. Hager and J. A. Mayer (Munich, 1896), VI, no. 1404, pl. XXVIII.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 305; II, no. 838.
R. Berliner, Die Bildwerke des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, IV. Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein, Knochen, Hirsch- und Steinbockhorn, mit einem Anhange: Elfenbeinarbeiten der Staatlichen Schlossmuseen in Bayern (Augsburg, 1926), no. 45.
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