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

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette, frise d'arcatures) (Back)
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Subject
Religious.

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Madrid, Instituto Valencia de Don Juan

Inv. I. 4854

Ivory;metal and rock crystal or glass (later frame)

Height: 52mm
Width: 43mm

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

Mingorance Serrano 2013: France (Paris), c. 1360-1380.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Not visible due to the metal case.

Object Condition
The panel is vertically broken in two pieces. It was probably framed in order to keep them together.

Provenance
Unknown provenance. This piece is not mentioned in the 1909 Catálogo de la Condesa de Valencia de Don Juan, nor in the accession books of the Institute.

Bibliography
L. Mingorance Serrano, Los Marfiles Góticos del Instituto Valencia de Don Juan, unpublished MA dissertation, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 2013, no. 5.


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© Instituto Valencia de Don Juan, Madrid - 2013.

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