Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, with openwork medallions (médaillon ajouré) (Front)

Diptych, with openwork medallions (médaillon ajouré) (Front)

Diptych, with openwork medallions (médaillon ajouré) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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Baltimore, Walters Art Museum

Inv. 71.125

Ivory;wood (hinged box);metal (hinges);glass (remains in the corners)

Height: 34 mm
Width: 34 mm

Lamentation of the Virgin over Christ's body; Virgin holding Christ's hand; Joseph of Arimathea; saint John the Evangelist; tomb decorated with incised quatrefoils.

Museum's opinion 2014: 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges

Object Condition
Missing: top medallion and three glass pieces in the corners of the lower part.

Provenance
Acquired by Henry Walters.

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