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

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register (plaquette) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 102mm
Width: 73mm

Immaculate Conception; Virgin praying; God the Father with papal tiara making a blessing gesture; orb.
Symbols of the Immaculate Conception accompanied by inscriptions: the sun ('ELECTA VT'), the moon ('LVNA'), the star ('STELLA MARIS'), the Heavenly Gate ('PORTA'), the lily ('SICVT LILIVM'), the roses ('ROSE'), the tower of David ('TVRIS DAVID'), the cedar tree, the olive tree, the well of living water ('AQVAR'), the blossoming branch of the Tree of Jesse ('V[IR]GA IESSE FLORUIT'), the mirror ('SINE MACULA), the fountain ('FONS [H]ORTO[RVM]'), the enclosed garden, and the City of God.
Inscription at the top: 'TOTA PVLCHRA ES AMICA MEA ET MACVLATA NON EST IN TE'.
Crosshatched background. Roped border.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Provenance
Christie's, New York, 13 June 1996. Christie's, New York, 29 January 1997, lot 1.

Image

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