Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Back)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Back)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Back)

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Front

Back

Front

Wing, left

Wing, right

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ. Infancy of Christ.

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Madrid, Museo Lázaro Galdiano

Inv. 1494

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 115mm
Width: 87mm (each)
Depth: 6-8mm

Wing, left
Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; musician shepherd holding a shawm.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; sun and moon.
Incised trefoils.

Lázaro Galdiano 1927: French, 14th century.
Camps Cazorla 1949-1950: French, 14th century.
Camón Aznar 1951: 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Traces of glue; black ink inscription '336'.

Provenance
Dmitri Schevitch collection, Paris: his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 4-7 April 1906, lot 146. Lázaro collection (by 1927).

Bibliography
E. Molinier, La Collection Schevitch (Paris, 1906), p. 110.
J. Lázaro Galdiano, La Colección Lázaro (Madrid, 1927), II, p. 491, no. 1016.
E. Camps Cazorla, Inventario del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (1949-1950, unpublished).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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