Gothic Ivories Project | Triptych, 1 register, 1 arch across, with rosettes (colonnettes) (Closed)

Triptych, 1 register, 1 arch across, with rosettes (colonnettes) (Closed)

Triptych, 1 register, 1 arch across, with rosettes (colonnettes) (Closed)

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Subject
Religious.

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Paris, Musée de Cluny-Musée national du Moyen Âge

Cl. 446

Ivory;metal (hinges, clasp and ring for suspension)

Height: 120mm
Width: 140mm (open)

Wing, left
Standing Virgin.
Centre panel
Crucifixion with thieves; Sun and Moon.
Wing, right
Saint John the Evangelist.
Rosettes in the spandrels.

Koechlin Number: 0200

Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: Paris, c. 1330.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges on either side.

Reverse
Smooth and flat.

Comments
The triptych sold in Drouot, Paris, 30 November 1994, lot 75 seems to be an exact copy of this piece.

Provenance
Collection of Alexandre Du Sommerard: acquired for the museum in 1843.

Bibliography
E. Du Sommerard, Catalogue et description des antiquités et objets d'art exposés au musée de Cluny (Paris, 1883), no. 1097.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 118, 136; II, no. 200; III, pl. XLVIII.

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