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

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

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

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

32.100.201

Ivory;metal (hinges and latch)

Height: 72mm
Width: 110mm
Depth: 10mm (open)

Wing, left
Presentation in the Temple; maid holding a candlestick and a basket of doves brought as offerings; Christ standing on the altar between the Virgin and Simeon.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.

Museum's opinion 2011: French, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two modern hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive gilding and polychromy in the background: gold, blue, red (modern).

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label with inscription: 'C 401/201'.

Object Condition
Broken around the lower hinge. Lower edge of the right wing chipped.

Provenance
Collection of Michael Friedsam (b. 1858, d. 1931), New York: bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931.

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