Inv. 4144
Koechlin 1924: France (?), 19th century.
Museum's opinion 2012: France (?), 15th century or late 18th century-19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of various hinges.
Reverse
Handwritten inscription: 'no. 15 - 4144/Diptyque XIVs/ou début XVs'.
Object Condition
Broken in three pieces. Holes in the outer borders.
Provenance
Acquired in 1889.
Bibliography
Exposition Universelle de 1900, Catalogue illustré Officiel de l'Exposition Rétrospective de l'Art Français (Paris, 1900), no. 119.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), II, p. 143 (in relation to no. 338).
Exposition d'Art sacré, exhibition catalogue, Laval, May 1951.
J. Leeuwenberg, 'Early Nineteenth-Century Gothic Ivories', in Aachener Kunstblätter, 39 (1969), pp. 111-148 (p. 131 n. 50).
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