Westwood 1876 and Griggs 1904-1907: England (?), 14th century.
Longhurst 1929: 19th century, in style of French work of the 14th century.
Williamson and Davies 2014: French (Paris), middle of the 19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two hinges.
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Object Condition
Chipped edges and multiple cracks.
Missing: upper right corner.
Comments
This diptych is a copy of a diptych in the Louvre (Inv. OA 103).
Provenance
In the possession of John Webb, London, by 1862: purchased from him by the Museum in 1867.
Bibliography
Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Works of Art of the Mediaeval, Renaissance, and more recent periods on loan at the South Kensington Museum, June 1862..., revised edition, exhibition catalogue (London, 1863), no. 81.
List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (Department of Architecture and Sculpture) (London, 1867), p. 6.
W. Maskell, Ivories Ancient and Mediaeval in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1872), p. 89.
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 885 (`73.338).
W. Griggs, Portfolio of Ivories [London, 1904-1907], pt. XXXV.
M. Longhurst, Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2 vols (London, 1927 and 1929), II (1929), p. 127.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 113.
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