Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 1 arch across (Back)

Diptych, 2 registers, 1 arch across (Back)

Diptych, 2 registers, 1 arch across (Back)

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Front

Wing, left

Wing, right

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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin.

Repository Institution
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Cardiff, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales

NMW A 50531

Ivory;base metal (hinges and clasp)

Height: 111mm
Width: 112mm
Depth: 8mm
Weight: 160.67g

Wing, left
Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Register 2: Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks.
Wing, right
Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; angel crowning the Virgin.
Register 2: Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin.
Incised trefoils in the spandrels.

London 1923: France, 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2009: France, mid 14th century

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two post-medieval hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Rust around the hinges.

Provenance
Dmitri Schevitch collection, Paris: sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 4-7 April 1906, lot 146. Collection of F. E. Andrews (at least from 1923): given to the National Museum of Wales by F. E. Andrews in 1932.

Bibliography
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Carvings in Ivory, exhibition catalogue, London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1923, no. 116, pl. XXXVII (then in Andrews collection).

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