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Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Notre Dame (Indiana), University of Notre Dame, The Snite Museum of Art

1991.028

Ivory

Height: 73mm
Width: 50mm
Depth: 13mm
Weight: 60g

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; saint John the Evangelist crying.

Museum's opinion 2012: France, early 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: red (background).

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Deep vertical crack down the centre of the panel. Deep crack across the right side border. Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Trout collection. Stoganeff collection [this may be a misreading of Stroganoff]. Museum purchase by exchange, the George Ross Bequest.

Bibliography
The University of Notre Dame Friends and Alumni Collect: A Sesquicentennial Celebration, exhibition catalogue, Notre Dame, Indiana, The University of Notre Dame, The Snite Museum of Art, 1992, p. 22.


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