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Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)
Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)
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Religious.

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Brunswick, Bowdoin College Museum of Art

2005.3

Ivory;metal (modern hinges)

Height: 81mm
Width: 119 mm (open)
Depth: 13 mm

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.

Museum's opinion 2010: French, c. 1300-1325.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
One hole in the lower edge and two holes in the upper edge of each wing. Three holes in the left wing and two holes in the right wing. All holes have been plugged with ivory.
Missing: front of the lower right corner of the left wing, including around the lower hinge (replaced); part of the left edge of the right wing including the portion around the upper hinge (replaced).

Provenance
Acquired in 2005.


Image

© Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Credit Line: Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, Museum Purchase.

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