Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 2 arches across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 2 arches across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 2 arches across (plaquette) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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Saint Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum

Inv. F 1416

Silver (ring);ivory

Height: 40 mm
Width: 24 mm
Depth: 4 mm

Unidentified male saint holding a book and martyr's palm (probably saint John the Evangelist). Saint Clare, as a nun holding a pyxis or saint Mary Magdalene holding an ointment pot.
Crosshatched background.

Kryzhanovskaya 2014: Germany, beginning of the 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Longer edges rounded.

Provenance
Collection of Counts Bobrinsky, Petrograd [Saint Petersburg]; transferred to the Hermitage in 1919.

Bibliography
M. Kryzhanovskaya, Western European Medieval Ivories. Catalogue of the Collection (Зaпaднoeврoпeйскaя рeзнaя кoстъ Срeдних вeкoв. Кataлoг кoллeкции), (Saint Peterburg, 2014), no. 128.

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