Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled triptych, 2 and 3 registers (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Gabled triptych, 2 and 3 registers (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Gabled triptych, 2 and 3 registers (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

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Madrid, Museo Lázaro Galdiano

Inv. 330

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 385mm
Width: 215mm (open)
Depth: 8mm

Wing, left
Register 1: angel blowing trumpet.
Register 2: unidentified female saint.
Register 3: Magi (part of the Adoration of the Magi continuing on the centre and on the right panel).
Centre panel
Christ displaying his wounds; Virgin and saint John the Baptist kneeling.
Register 2: Seated Virgin and Child; Christ in long robe; Christ seated on the Virgin's left knee; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; throne; kneeling bishop.
Register 3: angel blowing trumpet.
Register 2: unidentified male saint holding a book.
Register 3: Magus (part of the Adoration of the Magi continuing on the centre and on the left panel).

Camps Cazorla 1949-1950: French, 1st half of the 14th century.
Camón Aznar 1951: Italian, 14th century.
Seville 2006: France (probably Paris), 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: French (?), 19th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two metal hinges on either side; in the shape of fleur-de-lys.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Centre panel slightly damaged on the back at the height of one of the upper hinges.

Provenance
Unknown provenance. In the Museo Lázaro Galdiano by 1949.

Bibliography
E. Camps Cazorla, Inventario del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (1949-1950, unpublished).
J. Camón Aznar, Guía abreviada del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (Madrid, 1951), p. 17.
A. Galán y Galindo, Ibn Jaldún: El Mediterráneo en el siglo XIV, auge y declive de los Imperios, exhibition catalogue, Seville, Reales Alcázares, 2006, p. 194.
J. Lowden, Medieval and Later Ivories in the Courtauld Gallery (London, 2013), p. 52, in relation to no. 4.

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