Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers (Wing, left)

Wing, left
Register 1: Adoration of the Magi.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies.
Wing, right
Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Saint John the Evangelist and Holy Women; onlookers; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar.
Register 2: Trinity; God the Father holding Christ on the cross; Gnadenstuhl (Throne of Mercy); dove of the Holy Spirit. Saint John the Baptist holding a medallion enclosing the lamb of God (agnus dei); Saint Peter (?).
Ribbon of clouds above each scene.

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd third of the 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: England, 1st third of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy (modern).

Reverse
Inscribed in ink: 'no. 57'. Labelled: '2595'.

Object Condition
Ivory cracked.
Part broken off and reattached on the side and at the base of the left wing.
Missing: Stephaton's lance, object held by the Saint to the right of the Trinity.

Provenance
Louis-Charles Timbal collection, Paris (no. 55); acquired by the Musée du Louvre in 1882.

Bibliography
L. Courajod, E. Molinier, Musées nationaux. Catalogue de la collection Timbal (Paris, 1882), no. 55.
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 57.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 166; II, no. 275.
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993, no. 54 (cited).
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 191.

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