Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Back, right wing)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Back, right wing)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Back, right wing)

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Front

Bottom

Top

Back, left wing

Side

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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin.

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Madrid, Museo Lázaro Galdiano

Inv. 1499

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 148mm
Width: 194mm (open)
Depth: 10mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Adoration of the Magi; attendant with horses.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Visitation.
Wing, right
Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; blessing gesture; two kneeling angels holding navettes and swinging censers.
Register 2: Nativity (Virgo lactans) and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ.
Incised trefoils.

Lázaro Galdiano 1926: France, 14th century.
Camps Cazorla 1949-1950: French, 14th century.
Camón Aznar 1951: Paris, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label with inscription '370'.

Provenance
Maurice Kann collection, Paris: sale, 5 December 1910, lot 217; Lázaro collection.

Bibliography
J. Lázaro Galdiano, La Colección Lázaro (Madrid, 1926), I, p. 37, no. 32.
E. Camps Cazorla, Inventario del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (1949-1950, unpublished).
J. Camón Aznar, Guía abreviada del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (Madrid, 1951), p. 12.

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