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

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin.

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

10.134.7

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 69mm
Width: 107mm (open)
Depth: 7mm (open)

Wing, left
Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; apostles including saint John the Evangelist holding a martyr's palm; apostle holding a pillow under the Virgin's head.
Wing, right
Coronation of the Virgin.

Museum's opinion 2011: Paris, c. 1330-1350.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.Labels with inscriptions: '293.1[...]', '09733 264 2865'.

Object Condition
Later hole in the four corners of each wing.

Provenance
Julius Böhler, art dealer, Munich; acquired thanks to the Rogers Fund, 1910.

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