Inv. GR 23
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two later hinges. Traces of three original hinges (ivory repairs).
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Longer edges slightly chamfered.
On the back of the left wing, blue and white label inscribed 'no. 18'.
On the back of the right wing, ink inscription: 'grandjean'. Blue and white label with inscription: '1890 grandjean'.
Object Condition
Repairs around the original hinges.
Comments
Traces of a metal clasp to close the diptych.
Provenance
Collection of Alexandrine Louise Grandjean (at least from 1865): bequeathed to the Museum in 1923 (still listed as in the collection Grandjean in Koechlin 1924).
Bibliography
Exposition de 1865 au Palais de l'industrie, Union centrale des beaux-arts appliqués à l'industrie (Paris, 1866), no. 318.
Exposition universelle, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1867, no. 1766.
A. Darcel, 'Le Moyen-Age et la Renaissance au Trocadéro', in Gazette des Beaux-Arts, (1878), II, p. 286.
Exposition rétrospective du Trocadéro, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1889, no. 119.
Exposition Universelle de 1900, Catalogue illustré Officiel de l'Exposition Rétrospective de l'Art Français (Paris, 1900), no. 122.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 293; II, no. 807; III, pl. CXXXVIII.
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