A & A spacer courtauld institute of art
login
quick search advanced search browse temp folder

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (Top)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (Top)
enlarge image zoom image

Front

Closed, back of left wing

Closed, back of right wing

Back

Bottom

Top

Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
petitpalais.paris.fr

To purchase an image
www.parisiennedephotographie.fr


Paris, Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

PPO02422

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 127mm
Width: 138mm (open); 65mm (closed)
Depth: 17mm (open); 20mm (closed)

Wing, left
Unidentified saint with a bishop's mitre and crozier.
Wing, right
Unidentified saint with a chalice.
Cherubs in the spandrels.

Museum's opinion 2010: 19th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Provenance
Donated to the Museum by Charles Vincent Ocampo in 1931.


Image

© Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris.

All images on this website are made available exclusively for scholarly and educational purposes and may not be used commercially.

spacer
spacer spacer spacer spacer
Please remember to acknowledge any use of the site in publications and lectures as: 'Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk', followed by the date you accessed the site.