Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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Cambridge, The Fitzwilliam Museum

M.24-1933

Ivory

Height: 134mm
Width: 92mm
Depth: 7mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Longinus with spear kneeling in prayer; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; Stephaton with winged hat; Stephaton holding a bucket; sun and moon.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Museum's opinion 2011: French, mid 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Blue and white label with ink inscription: 'Crucifixion, French 14th cent.'

Object Condition
Four holes: one central hole in the upper part of the panel, one in the left trefoil and two along the left side.

Provenance
Collection of Alfred A. de Pass: his gift to the Museum in 1933.

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