Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Links

Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Life of Christ.

Repository Institution
www.vam.ac.uk

To purchase an image
www.vandaimages.com

London, Victoria and Albert Museum

A.21-1940

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 175mm
Width: 115mm

Register 1: Harrowing of Hell with Adam and Eve; flames; souls burning in Hell; demon. Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ; sheep. Adoration of the Magi.

Williamson and Davies 2014: Probably German (Cologne?), 1350-1400.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Two central holes in the upper part of the panel.
Bown staining in the Crucifixion scene.

Provenance
Collection of Canon Lewis Gilbertson of Bedford Square, Rector of St Martin's Church, Ludgate Hill, London by 1928; bequeathed by Mrs. Edith Gilbertson (d.1940) in memory of her husband in 1940.

Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 100.

Image

All images on this website are made available exclusively for scholarly and educational purposes and may not be used commercially.

Please remember to acknowledge any use of the site in publications and lectures as: 'Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk', followed by the date you accessed the site.