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Polyptych (tabernacle) (Back)

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ.

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

31.33.38

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 229mm
Width: 194mm
Depth: 48mm (open)

Wings, left
Register 1: Annunciation; vase of lilies. Visitation.
Register 2: Adoring Magi (part of the Adoration of the Magi).
Centre panel
Standing Virgin and Child.
Wings, right
Register 1: Nativity; Joseph holding Christ Child.
Register 2: Presentation in the Temple' Virgin holding Christ.

Museum's opinion 2012: Italy, late 19th-early 20th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two sets of two hinges on either side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding: decorative pattern on the background, along the hems, on the Virgin's dress; architectural details cloak; crowns; hair.

Provenance
Bequest of Gwynne M. Andrews in 1931.

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