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Gabled panel (fragment; centre panel of a triptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (colonnettes) (Front)

Gabled panel (fragment; centre panel of a triptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (colonnettes) (Front)
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Detail, front

Subject
Religious.

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Essen, Museum Folkwang

Inv. K 542

Ivory;wood (later frame);metal (remains of hinges)

Height: 125mm
Width: 56mm
Depth: 5mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks.
Rosette in the gable.

Museum's opinion 2012: 19th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing ring hinges on either side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding: lining of clothes, decorative pattern on the background.

Object Condition
Central hole in the gable. Point of the gable chipped.

Provenance
Acquired before 1914 (probably in the collection of the Museum Folkwang in Hagen before it moved to Essen in 1922).


Image

© Museum Folkwang, Essen.

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