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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Wing, left

Wing, right

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
bibliotheque.rouen.fr

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Rouen, Bibliothèque Jacques Villon

Objet p-1227

Ivory

Height: 113mm
Width: 72mm (each)
Depth: 9mm

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; angel crowning the Virgin.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; saint John the Evangelist crying; angel holding the sun and moon.
Medallions containing quatrefoils in the spandrels.

Library's opinion 2012: France (?), 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding: gold (along the hems; wings; hair; crown), green (cross), red (blood).

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
The right wing is broken in two pieces. Numerous holes. Discoloured areas.

Provenance
Unknown provenance.

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