Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (fragment of a box), 1 register (plaquette; boite) (Front)

Panel (fragment of a box), 1 register (plaquette; boite) (Front)

Panel (fragment of a box), 1 register (plaquette; boite) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

Repository Institution
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Vic, Museu Episcopal de Vic

Inv. MEV 8768

Ivory

Height: 42 mm
Width: 28 mm

Unidentified female saint holding a martyr's palm and an open book (possibly saint Catherine of Alexandria).
Crosshatched background.

Museum's opinion 2013: Italian (?), 14th-15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: gold (hair, background), green (border, palm), red (lips) and blue (clothing).

Reverse
Flat.

Object Condition
Several holes to attach this plaquette to a wooden background.

Comments
This panel probably comes from the same box as two other panels in the Vic collection (Inv. MEV 8769 and Inv. MEV 8770).

Provenance
From Valladolid. Acquired by the Museum in 1931.

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