Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (fragment of a casket; possibly a lid), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Panel (fragment of a casket; possibly a lid), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Panel (fragment of a casket; possibly a lid), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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The Hague, Museum Meermanno

Inv. 853.1018

Ivory;wood (later backing)

Height: 104mm
Width: 108mm
Depth: 3mm

Men holding scrolls (prophets?); seated king holding a sword.
Incised trefoils in the spandrels.

Utrecht 1987: France, 3rd quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Holes for missing fittings. Broken into two pieces, down the 3rd compartment (repaired).

Provenance
Acquired by Baron van Westreenen before 22 November 1848.

Bibliography
W. G. C. Bijvanck, 'Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum' in Verslagen omtrent's Rijks verzamelingen van geschiedenis en kunst XXXIII (1910), p. 203
Gotische ivoren: Rijksmuseum het Catharijneconvent Utrecht... [plates volume of objects on display], Utrecht, exhibition catalogue, 1987, no. 28.

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