Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 3 registers, bands of rosettes (décor de roses) (Front)

Diptych, 3 registers, bands of rosettes (décor de roses) (Front)

Diptych, 3 registers, bands of rosettes (décor de roses) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Passion. Life of Christ.

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

17.190.289

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 191mm
Width: 218mm
Depth: 12mm (open)

Wing, left
Register 1: Entry into Jerusalem; apostles including saint John the Evangelist.
Register 2: Last Supper with saint John the Evangelist leaning on Christ's breast; Christ feeding Judas across the table; saint Peter holding a key; fish; bread; knives.
Register 3: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter. Death of Judas (Judas hanging).
Wing, right
Register 1: Christ washing the feet of saint Peter; apostles.
Register 2: Agony in the Garden; apostles asleep; trees.
Register 3: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; Longinus with spear kneeling in prayer; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar.

Museum's opinion 2012: France, c. 1350.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Smooth and flat. Slightly chamfered along the inner side.

Provenance
Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York; estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, 'Quelques ateliers d'ivoiriers français aux XIII et XIVe siècles. III. L'atelier des diptyques de la Passion', in Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 35 (1906), pp. 49 ff.
R. Koechlin, 'Les Diptyques à décor de roses', in Gazette des Beaux-Arts (1918), pp. 225ff.

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