Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; angel holding the sun and moon.
Medallions containing quatrefoils enclosing protruding cones in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Object Condition
Missing: upper left corner (repaired).
Space left by the lower hinge plugged with ivory.

Provenance
Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York; Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1917 (Inv. 17.190.285); de-accessioned.

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