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

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

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Paris, Musée du Louvre

OA 2758

Ivory

Height: 95mm
Width: 60mm
Depth: 7mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; rugged cross.


Koechlin Number: 0591

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: Paris, 1st third of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.

Object Condition
Cracks. Chips around the hinges. Some holes later filled in.

Provenance
Jean-Charles Davillier collection (no. 47); bequest of J.-C. Davillier to the Musée du Louvre, 1883.

Bibliography
L. Courajod and E. Molinier, Donation du baron Charles Davillier. Catalogue des objets exposés au musée du Louvre (Paris, 1885), no. 47.
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 106.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 220; II, no. 591.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 149.


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