Diptych, 3 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Links

Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin. Legend of the Death of the Virgin.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 272mm
Width: 118mm (each)

Wing, left
Register 1: Annunciation of the Virgin's death by an angel (Gabriel) with a palm branch; Saint John receives the palm from the Virgin.
Register 2: the miraculous transportation of the apostles, bringing them to the Virgin's deathbed; saint Peter holding a key.
Register 3: Death of the Virgin (Dormition); apostles; Christ holding the soul of the Virgin.
Wing, right
Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; angels holding candlesticks; angels swinging censers.
Register 2: Assumption (Virgin brought to Heaven by angels); musician angels (psaltery; rebec; bagpipes).
Register 3: Funeral procession of the Virgin; apostles including saint John the Evangelist; the high priest Jechonias is punished for trying to overturn Mary's bier: his hands stick to it; soldier in armour.

Unpublished.

Copyright: © Christie's Images Limited (2010).
This image is for review purposes only. Please note that this image may only be reproduced under licence from Christie's Images Limited. If you wish to reproduce this image in any public way, you will need to obtain our permission and, where the artist remains in copyright, the permission of the artist, artist's estate or collection society, to such use.

All images on this website are made available exclusively for scholarly and educational purposes and may not be used commercially.