Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Religious.

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Beaune, Hospices civils de Beaune

87 GHD 869

Ivory

Height: 81mm
Width: 63mm
Depth: 7mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.

Museum's opinion 2012: France, mid 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Some scoring in the lower part of the panel.

Object Condition
Two later holes in the upper corners.

Provenance
Collection of Albert Humbert, Dijon architect: his bequest in 1892.

Bibliography
Palissy database: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/dapapal_fr [accessed September 2009].

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