Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled triptych, 2 registers (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Gabled triptych, 2 registers (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Gabled triptych, 2 registers (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Passion.

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Utrecht, Catharijneconvent

Inv. StCC b51

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 260mm
Width: 190mm
Depth: 15mm
Weight: 298g

Wing, left
Register 1: Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds.
Register 2: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); saint Peter cuts Malchus' ear; soldiers in armour.
Centre panel
Register 1: Christ in Glory with Resurrection of the Dead under a trefoil arch; Christ displaying his wounds; angels holding Instruments of the Passion (pincers; crown of thorns; cross; spear); standing angels holding candlesticks.
Register 2: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls. Deposition; Virgin kneeling; saint John the Evangelist kneeling; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body; ladder.
Wing, right
Register 1: Adoration of the Magi.
Register 2: Entombment; two Holy Women.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Museum's opinion 2010: 2nd half of the 16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges on either side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Provenance
Given by the abbey of Saint Paul in Oosterhout, 14 August 2006.

Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 115.

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