Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Links

Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Repository Institution
www.bonnefanten.nl

To purchase an image
www.bonnefanten.nl

Maastricht, Bonnefantenmuseum

Inv. 10-4807

Ivory, metal (hinges)

Height: 117mm
Width: 119mm (open)

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Medallions enclosing quatrefoils with protruding cones in the spandrels.

Museum's opinion 2013: France, end of 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: gold (haloes; along the hems; crown; hair); green (crown of thorns; background; outline of halo), red (Virgin's veil; architectural details).

Object Condition
Bore holes in each corner; broken around the upper left hole.

Provenance
Collection of J. M. Neutelings-Heuts, Brasschaat; on permanent loan from Willem Neutelings since 1994 (no. 147).

Image

All images on this website are made available exclusively for scholarly and educational purposes and may not be used commercially.

Please remember to acknowledge any use of the site in publications and lectures as: 'Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk', followed by the date you accessed the site.