Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left
Saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); standing Virgin and Child; saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel and martyr's palm.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; rugged cross.
Medallions enclosing quatrefoils with protruding cones in the spandrels.

Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.
Longhurst 1929: France, mid 14th century.
Williamson and Davies 2014: French (Probably Paris), 1350-75.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges (later).

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label with inscription: '2038' (Salting bequest)

Object Condition
Hole in the upper edge of each leaf.

Provenance
Collection of George Salting, London, by 1909: his bequest to the Museum, 1910.

Bibliography
'Salting Bequest (A. 70 to A. 1029-1910)/Murray Bequest (A. 1030 to A. 1096-1910)', in List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (Department of Architecture and Sculpture) (London, 1910), p. 92
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 216, 222; II, no. 545.
M. Longhurst, Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2 vols (London, 1927 and 1929), II (1929), p. 26, pl. XXIII.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 93.

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