Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Links

Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin.

Repository Institution
www.lausanne.ch

To purchase an image
musee.historique@lausanne.ch

Lausanne, Musée historique de Lausanne

A.A.635.musée industriel

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 110mm
Width: 75mm (each)

Wing, left
Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; apostles including saint John the Evangelist; books.
Wing, right
Coronation of the Virgin; Christ making a blessing gesture with his right hand; two angels swinging censers.
Border of dentils.

Mariaux 1996: Italy, c. 1745-1855

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Label with inscription: '635'.

Provenance
Collection of Charles-Théophile Gaudin: his gift in 1862; part of the Musée industriel de Lausanne.

Bibliography
P.-A. Mariaux, 'Moulage, faux et copie, Note sur l'origine d'un ivoire gothique du Musée historique de Lausanne', in Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte 53 (1996), pp. 17-27.
Entry available online: http://musees.lausanne.ch/ [accessed 07/12/2012].

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