Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 1 and 3 arches across, band of rosettes (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 and 3 arches across, band of rosettes (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 and 3 arches across, band of rosettes (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin.

Repository Institution
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Modena, Galleria Estense

Inv. 8319

Ivory

Wing, left
Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the Virgin's soul; apostle holding a pillow under the Virgin's head; apostles.
Wing, right
Coronation of the Virgin; two angels with hands in prayer.
Pinnacles; architectural framework; domes; quatrefoils.

Museum's opinion 2014: France, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: gold (hair; beards; along the hems), red (architectural details).

Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Inscription: '834'.

Provenance
Collection of Marquess Tommaso degli Obizzi, Castello del Catajo, Battaglia Terme (Padua): bequeathed in his will to Duke Ercole III d'Este in 1803.

Image

© Galleria Estense, Modena.
Credit line: Su concessione del Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo - Archivo Fotografico della SBSAE di Modena e Reggio Emilia.

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