Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 3 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 3 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 3 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Religious. Life of Christ. Passion.

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Madrid, Museo Lázaro Galdiano

Inv. 2552

Ivory

Height: 254mm
Width: 238mm
Depth: 8mm (open)

Wing, left
Register 1: Raising of Lazarus; Martha and Mary, his sisters; blessing gesture; Entry into Jerusalem.
Register 2: Last Supper with saint John the Evangelist leaning on Christ's breast; Christ feeding Judas across the table; Judas reaching out for a fish.
Register 3: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas; Arrest of Christ); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter; saint Peter sheathing his sword after cutting off Malchus' ear; Death of Judas (Judas hanging).
Wing, right
Register 1: Christ washing the feet of the apostles.
Register 2: Agony in the Garden (Christ at Gethsemane); apostles asleep; trees.
Register 3: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; Longinus with spear kneeling in prayer; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; Stephaton holding a bucket.

Koechlin Number: 0791

Koechlin 1924: French, 3rd quarter of the 14th century.
Lázaro Galdiano 1927: French, 14th century.
Camps Cazorla 1949-1950: French, 14th century.
Camón Aznar 1951: 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two successive hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Chamfered outer edges decorated with moldings; engraved circles made with a compass.

Object Condition
Missing: part of the staff held by Stephaton.

Provenance
Originally from Ireland (Koechlin 1924). Collection of Lord Seaton at Bucklard Abbey, Devonshire (in 1924). Lázaro collection (at least from 1927).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 285, 291; II, no. 791.
J. Lázaro Galdiano, La Colección Lázaro (Madrid, 1927), II, pp. 404-407, no. 920-923.
E. Camps Cazorla, Inventario del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (1949-1950, unpublished).
J. Camón Aznar, Guía abreviada del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (Madrid, 1951), p. 15.

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