Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

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Madrid, Museo Lázaro Galdiano

Inv. 2253

Ivory

Height: 100mm
Width: 72mm
Depth: 6mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Lázaro Galdiano 1927: French, 14th century.
Camps Cazorla 1949-1950: Parisian style, 14th century or 19th century.
Camón Aznar 1951: French, 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: France, 14th century (?).

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Remains of a label.

Object Condition
Broken in two pieces which have been glued back together. Vertical cracks.

Provenance
Lázaro collection (from at least 1927).

Bibliography
J. Lázaro Galdiano, La Colección Lázaro (Madrid, 1927), II, p. 20, no. 479.
E. Camps Cazorla, Inventario del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (1949-1950, unpublished).
J. Camón Aznar, Guía abreviada del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (Madrid, 1951), pp. 20-21.

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