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Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)
Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)
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Turin, Palazzo Madama-Museo Civico d'Arte Antica

Inv. 146/AV

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 66mm
Width: 97mm (open)

Wing, left
Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Sun and Moon; rugged cross; cruciform halo.
Beaded border.

Mallé 1969: Germany or Northern Italy?, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Turin 1996: Paris, 1350-1370.
Museum's opinion 2010: Flanders, 2nd half of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Accorsi label with inscription: '5020'.

Comments
Known between ca. 1950 and 1987 as Inv. 190. Later inscription on the side: '190' (former Museum number).

Provenance
Collection of princes Trivulzio (Milan); bought from prince Luigi Alberico Trivulzio through the antique dealer Pietro Accorsi (Turin) in 1940.

Bibliography
L. Mallé, Smalti-Avori. Museo d'Arte Antica (Turin, 1969), pp. 295-296, pp. 295-296, pl. 130 (as Inv. 190).
Il tesoro della città. Opere d'arte e oggetti preziosi da Palazzo Madama, ed. by S. Pettenati, G. Romano, exhibition catalogue, Turin, Palazzo Madama-Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, 1996, no. 397.


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