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

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

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

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Turin, Palazzo Madama-Museo Civico d'Arte Antica

Inv. 137/AV

Ivory

Height: 46mm
Width: 35mm

Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit.

Mallé 1969: France?, 3rd quarter of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: Flanders, 2nd half of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two missing hinges.

Comments
Known between ca. 1950 and 1987 as Inv. 182. Later inscription '182' (former Museum number).

Provenance
Collection of princes Trivulzio (Milan); bought from prince Luigi Alberico Trivulzio through the antique dealer Pietro Accorsi (Turin) in 1940.

Bibliography
L. Mallé, Smalti-Avori. Museo d'Arte Antica (Turin, 1969), p. 290, pl. 123 (as Inv. 182).

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