Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (fragment of a casket), 1 register, 3 arches across (coffret; frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Panel (fragment of a casket), 1 register, 3 arches across (coffret; frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Panel (fragment of a casket), 1 register, 3 arches across (coffret; frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

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Bern, Historisches Museum

Inv. 26311.1

Ivory

Height: 96mm
Width: 103mm

Standing tonsured cleric holding a martyr's palm and a book; standing Virgin and Child; standing tonsured Franciscan monk with knotted belt holding a book (possibly saint Francis).
Pinnacles.

Baum 1941: Northern Italy, early 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding: gold (hair; crown; decoration along the hems; beard; belt; shoe; etc.), green (palm), blue (clothes), black (cloak).

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Pierced by a hole in each corner for attachment of lost fittings. Cracked in the lower right corner.

Comments
This piece is part of an ensemble of 7 panels, probably fragments of a casket. See related objects.

Provenance
On permanent loan from a private collection since 1938.

Bibliography
J. Baum, Inventar der Kirchlichen Bildwerke des Bernischen Historischen Museums in Bern (Bern, 1941), pp. 16-17.

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