Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (part of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (part of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (part of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

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Paris, Musée de Cluny-Musée national du Moyen Âge

Cl. 15332

Ivory

Height: 73mm
Width: 54mm
Depth: 8mm

Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; saint John the Evangelist holding a book; apostles.

Koechlin Number: 0513

Koechlin 1924: France, 1st third of the 14th century.
Paris 2006: Paris, 1st third of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: Paris, end of 13th or early 14th century, c. 1300.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy.

Object Condition
Two holes in the centre at the top.

Provenance
Wasset bequest, 1906 (no. 9703).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, 214; II, no. 513; III, pl. XCI.
F. Garnier, Langage de l'image au Moyen Age. Signification et symbolique (Paris, 1982-1989), I, pp. 50-54; II, pp. 118-119.
Histoires tissées, exhibition catalogue, Avignon, Palais des Papes, 1997, no. 26.
Oeuvres nouvelles, 1995-2005, dir. by E. Taburet-Delahaye, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée de Cluny-Musée national du Moyen Âge, 15 May-25 September 2006, p. 41 (in relation to no. 18).

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