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Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Back)
Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Back)
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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ.

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Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum

Inv. Pl 36:103

Ivory;silver (hinges)

Height: 64mm (each)
Width: 54mm (each)

Wing, left
Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; angel holding a scroll; musician shepherds playing flutes or shawms.
Wing, right
Presentation in the Temple; Christ standing on the altar between the Virgin and Simeon; maid holding a candlestick and a basket of doves brought as offerings.

Jülich 2007: Rhineland, under French influence, 4th quarter of 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Back of the left wing: blue and white label with inscription '733'.
Back of the right wing: label with inscription '97' and blue and white label with inscription '725'.

Provenance
Probably from the collection of Baron von Hüpsch (b. 1730, d. 1805), Cologne; acquired in 1805 by the Museum.

Bibliography
F. Noack, Die Geburt Christi in der bildenden Kunst bis zur Renaissance im Anschluss an Elfenbeinwerke des Großherzoglichen Museums zu Darmstadt (Darmstadt, 1894), p. 6-7, pl. 1, 2.
Kunstschätze aus dem Hessischen Landesmuseum Darmstadt (Darmstadt, 1948), no. 26.
T. Jülich, Die mittelalterlichen Elfenbeinarbeiten des Hessischen Landesmuseums Darmstadt, exhibition catalogue, Regensburg, 2007, no. 44.


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