Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Back)

Diptych, 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Back)

Diptych, 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Back)

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Subject
Religious. Passion. Infancy of Christ.

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Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts

26.284

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 152mm
Width: 100mm (each); 235mm (with hardware)
Depth: 8mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Flagellation. Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Wing, right
Register 1: Entombment. Noli me Tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene).
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi. Presentation in the Temple; maid holding a candlestick and a basket of doves brought as offerings.
Beaded border.

Randall 1993: Mosan, 4th quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges replaced at an early period.

Object Condition
Broken around the hinges.

Provenance
Gift of Lewis and Simmons, Inc. in 1926.

Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 155.

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