Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Back)

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

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

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Washington, D.C., Smithsonian American Art Museum

1929.8.240.20

Ivory

Height: 57mm
Width: 44mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by saint John the Evangelist; onlookers with scrolls; sun and moon.
Beaded border; rosettes in the spandrels.

Randall 1993: French or Flemish, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Traces of glue. Remains of label with inscription: '986'.

Provenance
Gift of John Gellatly in 1929.

Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 67.

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