Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin. Infancy of Christ.

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Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts

A 103

Ivory;metal (hinges and clasp)

Height: 114mm
Width: 106mm (open)
Depth: 9mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ.
Wing, right
Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; two angels swinging censers, standing on the sides of the bench.
Register 2: Presentation in the Temple; maid holding a candlestick and a basket of doves brought as offerings; Christ standing on the altar between the Virgin and Simeon.
Border of dentils.

Koechlin Number: 0305

Koechlin 1924: France, late 14th century.
Lille 1947 and Guide 1957: France, 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: French or Mosan, late 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. 1912 inventory label. Label with pencil inscription: '4844 gss ess.'. 1950s inventory number label.

Provenance
Acquired before 1881.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 176; II, no. 305.
Exposition d'art ancien, exhibition catalogue, Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts, November-December 1947, no. 21.
Musée de Lille : Guide de la Section des Objets d'art (Paris, 1957), p. 18.

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