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Diptych, 2 registers, bands of rosettes (décor de roses) (Wing, left)

Diptych, 2 registers, bands of rosettes (décor de roses) (Wing, left)
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Wing, right

Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin.

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Klosterneuburg, Stift Klosterneuburg

KG 154

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 170mm
Width: 94mm (each)
Depth: 11mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; shrouded body of the Virgin.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit.
Wing, right
Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Register 2: Nativity; three angels in clouds.


Koechlin Number: 0252

Koechlin 1924: France, end of the 1st third of the 14th century.
von Philippowich 1961b: France, c. 1330.
Theuerkauff 1962: France, c. 1330.
Kirchweger 2011: France(Paris), c. 1320-1340.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two missing hinges (repaired, filled with ivory).

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of polychromy and gilding: red, gold, black, green and blue.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Provenance
Unknown provenance.

Bibliography
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), p. 455.
K. Lind, Aus dem Schatze des Stiftes Klosterneuburg (1879), pl. LXVII.
Christliche Kunstausstellung, exhibition catalogue, Vienna, 1887, no. 949.
A. Ilg and W. Boeheim, Die Schatzkammer und die Kunstsammlungen in Klosterneuburg (Vienna, 1889), p. 179, no. 46.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 153; II, no. 252.
H. Klapsia, Katalog der Kunstsammlungen im Stifte Klosterneuburg (Vienna, 1942), IV: Bildwerke aus Elfenbein, Holz, Perlmutter, Stein und Blei, no. 3, fig. 3.
Klosterneuburg. Zentrum Der Gotik, exhibition catalogue, Klosterneuburg, Stiftmuseum, 1961, no. 156.
E. von Philippowich, Simon Troger und andere Elfenbeinkünstler aus Tirol, in Schlern-Schriften, vol. 216 (Innsbruck, 1961), pp. 62ff, fig. 47.
E. von Philippowich, Elfenbein (Brunswick, 1961), p. 62, fig. 47.
C. Theuerkauff, Elfenbein in Klosterneuburg (Klosterneuburg, 1962), p. 34, no. 3; fig. 4.
Die Schatzkammer im Stift Klosterneuburg, ed. by W. C. Huber (Wettin, 2011), no. 11 (F. Kirchweger).


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