Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
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London, The Wernher Collection, Ranger's House (English Heritage)

88259345 (EE91)

Ivory

Height: 132mm
Width: 79mm
Depth: 10mm

Register 1: Seated Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks; female kneeling figure in donor position, holding a book.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi; female kneeling figure in donor position, holding her own soul.

Museum's opinion 2009: French, late 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side (repaired).

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Circles traced with a compass. Blue and white label with inscription: 'Collection Wernher no. 91'.

Provenance
Collection of Sir Julius Wernher (d. 1912), Bath House, London; on loan to English Heritage and displayed at Ranger's House since 2002.

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