Register 1: Entry into Jerusalem; foal of the she-ass.
Register 2: Agony in the Garden (Christ at Gethsemane); apostles asleep; trees.
Border of dentils. Pointed trefoils.
Museum's opinion 2012: France, c. 1340 - 1360.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of polychromy: green (trees; ground), red (lips; decorative pattern on the background), blue (architectural details), brown (hair and beards).
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Object Condition
Some polychromy missing.
Comments
This wing forms a diptych with another wing in the Metropolitan Museum collection, 17.190.291.
Provenance
Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York; estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, 'Quelques ateliers d'ivoiriers français aux XIII et XIVe siècles. III. L'atelier des diptyques de la Passion', in Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 35 (1906), p. 59.
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