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

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

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Namur, Musée provincial des Arts anciens du Namurois-Trésor d'Oignies (TreM.a)

Inv. 253

Ivory

Height: 86mm
Width: 56mm
Weight: 56g

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.

KIK/IRPA database (2009): Mosan?, c. 1340.
Museum files (2010): Mosan (Liège?), c. 1340.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Object Condition
Drilled hole in the centre at the top, probably for suspension.

Provenance
On deposit from the Communauté française de Belgique to be exhibited at the Namur Museum.

Bibliography
R. Didier and J. Toussaint, Sculptures, series Guide du visiteur du Musée provincial des Arts anciens du Namurois 5 (Namur, 2004), p. 21.
J. Lowden, Medieval and Later Ivories in the Courtauld Gallery (London, 2013), p. 84, in relation to no. 12.


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