Gothic Ivories Project | Panel, 1 register, 4 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures); used as part of the binding of a book (Front)

Panel, 1 register, 4 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures); used as part of the binding of a book (Front)

Panel, 1 register, 4 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures); used as part of the binding of a book (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Crucifixion with thieves; crowd of onlookers and soldiers; Virgin kneeling at the foot of the cross; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; Longinus piercing Christ's side; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; soldiers throwing dice for Christ's seamless garment; trees.
Row of blind arches in the spandrels; rosettes.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Ivory cracked.

Comments
This panel is on the binding of a book of hours.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 23 June 1992, lot 84.

Image

Conway Library © Courtauld Institute of Art.

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