Gothic Ivories Project | Openwork panel, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaque ajourée; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Openwork panel, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaque ajourée; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Openwork panel, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaque ajourée; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

Repository Institution
musee.antoine.lecuyer@wanadoo.fr

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Saint-Quentin, Musée Antoine Lécuyer

L 283

Ivory

Height: 88mm
Width: 58mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel and martyr's palm.
Pierced trefoils.

Museum's opinion 2009: France or Flanders, 1st half of 15th century (based on the opinion of Danièle Gaborit-Chopin, Curator at the Louvre, 2002).

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Hidden by a leather-covered mount.

Object Condition
Broken in several places. Two holes in the upper border and in the lower border.

Comments
The skull is a modern addition.

Provenance
Maybe part of the bequest made by Félix and Josias Le Sérurier in 1883 (museum archives disappeared in 1917).

Image

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