Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 2 arches across, bands of rosettes (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; décor de roses) (Front (open))

Diptych, 1 register, 2 arches across, bands of rosettes (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; décor de roses) (Front (open))

Diptych, 1 register, 2 arches across, bands of rosettes (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; décor de roses) (Front (open))

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Wing, left

Wing, right

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 108mm
Width: 65mm

Wing, left
Adoration of the Magi; dove of the Holy Spirit holding a scroll.
Wing, right
Crucifixion, with jet of blood or spear striking the Virgin's chest; Saint John the Evangelist and onlooker holding a scroll; sun and moon.
Pinnacles. Brickwork or tiled roof.

Koechlin Number: 0827

Migeon 1906: France, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.

Attribution
Style of the Kremsmünster Master (Koechlin 1924)

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Albert Maignan collection, Paris (at least 1900-1924).

Bibliography
Exposition Universelle de 1900, Catalogue illustré Officiel de l'Exposition Rétrospective de l'Art Français (Paris, 1900), no. 108.
G. Migeon, 'La Collection Albert Maignan ', in Les Arts 59 (Nov. 1906), pp. 3-16 (pp. 9-10).
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 301, 302; II, no. 827.

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