Inv. F 3206
Kryzhanovskaya 2014: France, 2nd third of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges.
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Object Condition
Vertical crack down the middle of the right wing.
Central holes in the upper part of each panel (under the central arch) filled with a white substance. Edges on the reverse cut to accommodate the later frame.
Provenance
Acquired in Aachen by the Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts in 1880; transferred to the Hermitage in 1926.
Bibliography
Zachodnioeuropejska rzezba z kosci w latach 1100-1290 ze zbiorow Panstwowego Ermitazu v Leningradzie, exhibition catalogue, Warsaw, The National Museum, 1981, no. 19.
P. Ratkowska, 'Un volet de diptyque inconnu du 14e siècle au Musée National de Varsovie', in Bulletin du Musée National de Varsovie, XXIV-1 (1983), pp. 7-15.
M. Kryzhanovskaya, Western European Medieval Ivories. Catalogue of the Collection (Зaпaднoeврoпeйскaя рeзнaя кoстъ Срeдних вeкoв. Кataлoг кoллeкции), (Saint Petersburg, 2014), no. 90.
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