Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts

X-60-e

Ivory;metal (modern hinges)

Height: 90mm

Wing, left
Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; apostles.
Wing, right Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers.
Pointed trefoils.

Koechlin Number: 0523

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two modern hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Blue and white label with handwritten ink inscription: '393 D. P.'. Remains of a red orange label over it.Label with printed no. '3'.

Object Condition
Deep cracks in the right wing around the body of Christ.

Provenance
Collection of Didier Petit, Lyon: acquired by the Museum at his sale, Lyon, 1843, lot 393.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 214; II, no. 523.

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