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

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

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

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Williamstown, Massachusetts, Williams College Museum of Art

57.25

Ivory;wood (later frame)

Height: 79mm
Width: 57mm

Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; musician shepherd holding bagpipes.
Border of dentils.

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

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
The bottom edge has been roughly faceted. Some small cracks.

Comments
Randall (1993) suggests that the rough workmanship and large hinge mitres indicate a provincial atelier.

Provenance
Bequest of Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., Class of 1889, in 1957.

Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 140.

Image

© Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Photography: Jim Gipe - Pivot Media and Stephen Petegorsky.
Credit Line: 57.25 Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, Bequest of Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., Class of 1889.

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