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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, bands of rosettes (décor de roses) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, bands of rosettes (décor de roses) (Front)
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Front

Subject
Religious. Passion. Infancy of Christ.

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Warsaw, Museum Narodowe w Warszawie (National Museum)

Inv. SZM 1438

Ivory

Height: 182mm
Width: 140mm
Depth: 14mm

Register 1: Judas receiving the reward. Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); lantern. Carrying of the Cross.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies. Visitation. Attendant with horses (certainly part of an Adoration of the Magi scene); tree.

Museum's opinion 2012: France (Paris), c. 1300-1330.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label with inscription '1899' (number from the Działyński collection). Traces of glue.

Object Condition
Vertical cracks.
Missing: part of the horse's head in the lower register.

Provenance
Collection of Isabella Działyńska née Czartoryska, located first in Paris and later in Gołuchów; in the museum's collection since 1942.

Bibliography
E. Molinier, Objets d'art du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance. Collection du château de Gołuchów (Paris, 1903), p. 5, no. 2.
Straty wojenne zbiorów polskich w dziedzinie rzemiosła artystycznego (Warsaw, 1953), I, no. 62, p. 49.
P. Ratkowska, 'Le feuillet de diptyque à décor de roses au Musée National de Varsovie', in Bulletin du Musée National de Varsovie, XV-no. 1-2 (1974), pp. 21-27.


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