Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin. Lives of saints.

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Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum

Inv. 952.52.3

Ivory;brass (modern hinges and hook)

Height: 118mm
Width: 68mm (each)
Depth: 14mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Visitation.
Register 2: Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; apostles.
Wing, right
Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; rugged cross; sun and moon.
Register 2: Decollation of saint John the Baptist (Martyrdom of saint John the Baptist); Salome holding a large bowl to receive the head.
Border of dentils.

Randall 1993: Flemish, 3rd quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Incised inscriptions on the back of the right wing: 'A I?' and 'X'.

Object Condition
Broken around the lower hinge.

Provenance
Emile Baboin collection, Lyon. Bought from Raphael Stora, New York in 1952.

Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 109.

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