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Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 full and 2 half arches (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 full and 2 half arches (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Religious.

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Utrecht, Catharijneconvent

Inv. ABM bi795

Ivory

Height: 94.5-95.5mm
Width: 64mm
Depth: 6mm
Weight: 44g

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; sun and moon.
Border of dentils. Rounded trefoils in the spandrels.

Kalf 1913: German, 14th century.
Utrecht 1968: France, mid 14th century.
Koekkoek 1987: France (?), last quarter of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Partly torn blue and white label with handwritten inscription.

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel (visible from the back, as it runs diagonally through the upper edge rather than through the front).

Provenance
Given to the convent on 13 June 1966 by Mrs. C. Brom-Heckhausen.

Bibliography
J. Kalf, Catalogus der Nationale Tentoonstelling van Oude Kerkelijke Kunst te's Hertogenbosch ('s-Hertogenbosch, 1913), no. 701.
Kunstwerken uit de aan het ABM gelegateerde kerncollectie Brom, exhibition catalogue, Utrecht, 1968, no. 11.
R. Koekkoek, Gotische ivoren in het Catharijneconvent (Utrecht, 1987), no. 11.


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