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Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 4 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 4 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Religious.

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Bayonne, Musée Bonnat-Helleu

Inv. 431

Ivory;metal (later)

Height: 90mm
Width: 65mm
Depth: 6mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.

Gruyer 1902 and Paris 1930: France, 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label with inscriptions: '431', '1014', '24'. Three incised lines.

Object Condition
Later holes in the upper part of the panel. Upper part of the panel tinted green.

Provenance
Collection of Léon Bonnat (b. 1833, d. 1922): his bequest in 1922.

Bibliography
G. Gruyer, Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire, Musée de Bayonne (Bayonne, 1902 and subsequent editions), no. 431.
Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire (Paris, 1930 and subsequent editions), no. 1014.


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