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

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

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Madrid, Museo Lázaro Galdiano

Inv. 1493

Ivory

Height: 138mm
Width: 101mm
Depth: 9mm

Crucifixion, with jet of blood striking the Virgin's chest (missing); swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; sun and moon; angel with hands clasped; angel crying.
Pinnacles.

Lázaro Galdiano 1926: French, 14th century.
Camps Cazorla 1949-1950: Paris, 14th century.
Camón Aznar 1951: French, Medieval.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label with inscription '153'.

Object Condition
Missing: jet of blood striking the Virgin's chest (hole in her chest and trace of Christ's chest).

Provenance
Valero collection; Lázaro collection (at least from 1926).

Bibliography
J. Lázaro Galdiano, La Colección Lázaro (Madrid, 1926), I, p. 395, no. 375.
E. Camps Cazorla, Inventario del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (1949-1950, unpublished).
J. Camón Aznar, Guía abreviada del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (Madrid, 1951), p. 16.


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