Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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Maastricht, Bonnefantenmuseum

Inv. 10-4763

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 120mm
Width: 58mm (each)

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; angel crowning the Virgin.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Rosettes in the spandrels.

Museum's opinion 2013: France, last quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two later hinges with foliated decoration.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: green (crown of thorns).

Object Condition
Missing: candles.

Provenance
Collection of J. M. Neutelings-Heuts, Brasschaat; on permanent loan from Willem Neutelings since 1994 (no. 64).

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