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Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)
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Karlsruhe, Badisches Landesmuseum

Inv. C 11072 a

Ivory;metal (remains of hinges)

Height: 93mm
Width: 57mm
Depth: 9mm
Weight: 52g

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Incised trefoils in the spandrels.

Karlsruhe 1999: West Germany (Cologne) or France, mid 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
The panel has broken into three pieces which have been glued back together (before 1924).
Missing: lower left corner, part of saint John's right hand.

Provenance
Acquired by the museum in 1924 from Weigt, art dealer in Baden-Baden.

Bibliography
A. von Schneider, Die Plastischen Bildwerke (vorwiegend oberrheinischer Herkunft) (Karlsruhe, 1938), no. 82.
Mittelalterliche Kunst in Baden, exhibition catalogue, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 1949, no. 119.
Mittelalterliche Elfenbeinarbeiten aus der Sammlung des Badischen Landesmuseums Karlsruhe, ed. by K.-G. Beuckers (Karlsruhe, 1999), no. 8.


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