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Panels (2)(fragments of a casket; front and end), with arches (coffret; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Panels (2)(fragments of a casket; front and end), with arches (coffret; frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin.

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Madrid, Instituto Valencia de Don Juan

Inv. I. 4856

Ivory

Height: 77-78mm
Width: 96mm (end panel); 134mm (front panel)
Depth: 3-5mm

Body, front
Joachim and Anna; Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple; priest with bishop's mitre; blessing gesture; hanging curtain; crown. Virgin weaving. Virgin fed by an angel; angel swinging a censer; ewer; chalice.
End, right or left
Betrothal of Joseph and the Virgin; Joseph and the flowering stem; bishop's mitre; crozier. Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit; book.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.


Koechlin Number: 0822bis

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Mingorance 2013: Northern France, 3rd quarter of the 14th century.


Attribution
Related to the Atelier of the Boxes (Mingorance 2013).

Reverse
Flat and smooth with some scratches. Incised 'IX' (?) on the back of the front panel. Recessed along the outer edges to be assembled with the rest of the casket.

Object Condition
Front panel
Missing: part of upper and right edges; lock.
End panel
Missing: most of the left edge; part of the background. Broken in two pieces and repaired with metal thread.
Several holes for missing mounts.

Provenance
In the Valencia de Don Juan collection at least by 1924 (although only the front part is mentioned by Koechlin).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 297; II, no. 822bis (only the front part).
M.-M. Estella Marcos, La Escultura de marfil en España románica y gótica (Madrid, 1984), pp. 180 and 193.
L. Mingorance Serrano, Los Marfiles Góticos del Instituto Valencia de Don Juan, unpublished MA dissertation, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 2013, no. 4.


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© Instituto Valencia de Don Juan, Madrid - 2013.

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