Inv. 107 C
Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; rugged cross; Longinus standing in prayer.
Register 2: Entry into Jerusalem; foal of the she-ass; apostles including saint Peter holding a key and saint John the Evangelist with a martyr's palm.
Border of dentils. Crosshatched background above the arches.
Chiesi 2011: France (North ?), 1360-1380.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Object Condition
Missing: head of the foal of the she-ass.
Cavities for the original hinges have been repaired with carved replacements.
Comments
The right wing of this diptych is also in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Inv. 108 C).
Provenance
Carrand collection: bequeathed by Louis Carrand (d. 1888) to the Museo del Bargello in 1888.
Bibliography
I. B. Supino, Catalogo del R. Museo Nazionale di Firenze (Rome, 1898), p. 231, no. 107.
B. Chiesi, Catalogo degli avori gotici del Museo Nazionale del Bargello (unpublished PhD thesis - Università degli Studi di Firenze, 2011), pp. 369-376.
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