Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Religious.

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Orléans, Musée historique et archéologique de l'Orléanais

A.6964

Ivory

Height: 61mm
Width: 57mm
Depth: 5-6mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Pinnacles.

Museum's opinion 2012: France, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Inscription on the back: 'I 211'.

Object Condition
Missing: lower right corner.
Worn. Hole under the central arch.

Provenance
Acquired by the museum before June 1940.

Bibliography
M. Desnoyers, Catalogue du Musée historique de la Ville d'Orléans (Orléans, 1884), p. 257, no. 130.

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