Gothic Ivories Project | Panel, 1 register (plaquette) (Back)

Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist; Longinus piercing Christ's side; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; two angels; arches.

Koechlin 1924: France, late 13th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: Italy ?, 13th or early 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy (original, see report by Cascio and Levy, 2002)

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Scratches (for glue?).

Object Condition
Ivory cracked.
Holes for hanging.
Object broken in two, then reattached, and crack filled in with plaster in central part.

Comments
As Goldschmidt first observed, it seems that the unusual iconography in this object was inspired by Romanesque, late 11th-century Salernitan ivories.

Provenance
Collection of Félix Doistau, Paris; gift of Félix Doistau, 1919.

Bibliography
A. Goldschmidt, Die Elfenbeinskulpturen aus der Zeit der Karolingischen und Sächsichen Kaiser, I, (Berlin, 1914), no. 146, p. 71 (cited).
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 64, 200; II, no. 29; III, pl. XI.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 196.

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