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Diptych, 1 register, 2 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 2 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

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Cambridge, The Fitzwilliam Museum

M.9

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 122mm
Width: 147mm
Depth: 9mm

Wing, left
Crucifixion, with jet of blood striking the Virgin's chest; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Wing, right
Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ's hand; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body; saint John the Evangelist crying.
Flamboyant tracery in the spandrels. Band of roses.

Museum's opinion 2011: 19th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. All edges chamfered.

Object Condition
Chipped along the upper border of the left wing.

Provenance
Unknown provenance.


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