Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; colonnettes) (Front)

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Naples, Museo Duca di Martina

Inv. 1584 (inv. Soprintendenza 255)

Ivory

Height: 100mm
Width: 66mm
Depth: 6mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; foliate decoration; buttress towers.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding: 'INRI' inscription on a scroll on the cross; gilded background.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Labels with inscriptions with the current inventory numbers.

Provenance
Collection of Placido de Sangro, Duke of Martina (b. 1829, d. 1891) (collection assembled in the 2nd half of the 19th century): given by his heirs to the city of Naples in 1911; housed at the Villa Floridiana since 1931.

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