Gothic Ivories Project | Front panel (fragment of casket), 1 register (coffret) (Front)

Front panel (fragment of casket), 1 register (coffret) (Front)

Front panel (fragment of casket), 1 register (coffret) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Lives of saints.

Private collection, France (in 2015)

S/n

Ivory

Legend of Saint Eustace.
Saint Eustace hunting on horseback; saint blowing into a horn; running dog. Vision of saint Eustace (conversion of saint Eustace); saint Eustace kneeling in prayer; head of Christ between the stag's antlers; dog biting the stag; tree. Eustace converts his wife (Theospita or Theopista).

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth ivory panel glued to the back (?).

Object Condition
Missing: some parts of the background to the left and right.
Holes for the missing fittings.

Provenance
Private collection, France (in 2015).

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