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Pax, 1 ogee arch across (baiser de paix) (Back)

Pax, 1 ogee arch across (baiser de paix) (Back)
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Front

Front

Subject
Religious.

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Troyes, Musée Saint-Loup

Inv. 882.48

Ivory

Height: 105mm
Width: 73mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon; rugged cross.
Brickwork or tiled roof.

Museum's opinion 2012: Netherlands (Utrecht?), 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy.

Reverse
Curved. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost. Scratches.

Provenance
Collection of Abbé Jean-Baptiste Coffinet, secretary to the bishopric of Troyes (d. 1882); acquired by the Société Académique; now part of the collection of the Musée Saint-Loup.

Bibliography
Précieux Moyen Âge: la collection Coffinet, petit journal de l'exposition, Troyes, Musée Saint-Loup, 14 May-18 September 2011.


Image

© Troyes, musée des Beaux-Arts. Cliché Carole Bell, Ville de Troyes.

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