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Diptych, 2 registers (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ. Passion.

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London, Victoria and Albert Museum

A.22-1931

Metal (hinges);ivory

Height: 132 mm
Width: 187 mm (open)

Wing, left
Register 1: Last Supper with saint John the Evangelist leaning on Christ's breast; Christ feeding Judas across the table; Judas reaching out for a fish.
Register 2: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter; soldiers.
Wing, right
Register 1: Christ washing the feet of the apostles.
Register 2: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; Longinus with spear kneeling in prayer; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; Stephaton holding a bucket.
Border of dentils.

Williamson and Davies 2014: probably French, late 19th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Vertical crack up the left wing.

Provenance
Before 1923, in the collection of Alfred William Hearn (b. 1842, d. 1903) and his widow Ellen Hearn, Menton; sent to museum in 1923; not accessioned until 1931.

Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 116.

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