Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Repository Institution
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Maastricht, Bonnefantenmuseum

Inv. 10-4751

Ivory;metal (later hinge)

Height: 74mm
Width: 106mm (open)

Wing, left
Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; sun and moon.

Museum's opinion 2013: France, end of 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: red (architectural details).

Object Condition
Numerous later holes along the sides of the diptych.

Provenance
Collection of J. M. Neutelings-Heuts, Brasschaat; on permanent loan from Willem Neutelings since 1994 (no. 44).

Image

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