Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Sun and Moon.
Pointed trefoils on the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Labels with inscriptions: 'COLLECTION DU DR P. THOBY NANTES XII'; 'EXPOSITION D'ART RELIGIEUX 1933, LA PSALLETTE DE NANTES, 308', '44', '969-7-33'; 'Dobreé [sic], n. 26'; 'FX'.

Provenance
Collection of Dr. Thoby, Nantes (no. XII; bought from art dealer Lambert, Paris, in 1930): his bequest to the museum in 1969.

Bibliography
P. Thoby, carnet n° 48, Ivoires, Dossier Thoby, Archives du musée Dobrée [s. d.; handwritten], no. XII.
Exposition d'art religieux à la Psallette, exhibition catalogue, Nantes, Psallette de Nantes, 1933, no. 308.
Art médiéval de France: collections du Musée Thomas Dobrée de Nantes, exhibition catalogue, Fribourg, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Fribourg, 22 June-24 September 1972, no. 100 (D. Costa).
Art et liturgie au Moyen Âge, exhibition catalogue, Angoulême, Chambéry, Caen, Nantes, Nice, December 1976-January 1978, no. 28 (Caen); no. 142, pl. XIII (Nantes).

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