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Gabled wing, left (fragment of a triptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)

Gabled wing, left (fragment of a triptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)
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Utrecht, Catharijneconvent

Inv. ABM bi762

Ivory;silver (remains of the broken hinge)

Height: 103mm
Width: 38mm (each)
Depth: 7mm
Weight: 30g

Saint Peter holding a key.

Catalogus 1913; Kremer 1967; Linden-Nijdam 1984: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Koekkoek 1987: French, mid 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: c. 1340-1360.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Trace of one missing hinge on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Cracked. Chamfered edges along arch.
Engraved with no. 1205 [?].

Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the arch.
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Given to the convent by Mgr G. W. van Heukelum, from Utrecht (bought in Bruges), before 1911.

Bibliography
J. Kalf, Catalogus der Nationale Tentoonstelling van Oude Kerkelijke Kunst te's Hertogenbosch ('s-Hertogenbosch, 1913), no. 38.
W. Kremer, Studien zum Diptychon in der sakralen Malerei. Von den Anfängen bis zur Mitte des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts. Mit einem Katalog (Tübingen, 1967), p. 209 (with ill.).
B. van der Linden-Nijdam, 'Ivoorsnijkunst, één der oudste vormen van creativiteit', in Kunst en antiekrevue 10 (1984), pp. 9-16 (p. 13).
R. Koekkoek, Gotische ivoren in het Catharijneconvent (Utrecht, 1987), no. 2.


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