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Diptych, 3 registers, 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Side)

Diptych, 3 registers, 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Side)
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Subject
Religious. Passion. Life of Christ.

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Madrid, Museo Lázaro Galdiano

Inv. 1504

Ivory

Height: 210mm
Width: 232mm (open)
Depth: 14mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Entry into Jerusalem; men and women observing the scene from the battlements; city.
Register 2: Last Supper with saint John the Evangelist leaning on Christ's breast; Christ feeding Judas across the table; chalice.
Register 3: Judas receiving the reward; Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter; Death of Judas (Judas hanging).
Wing, right
Register 1: Christ washing the feet of the apostles.
Register 2: Agony in the Garden (Christ at Gethsemane).
Register 3: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; male kneeling figure with spear (possibly Longinus); Stephaton giving Christ vinegar.

Camps Cazorla 1949-1950: French, 14th century.
Camón Aznar 1951: Paris, 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat with some crosshatching. Longer edges slightly chamfered.

Object Condition
Vertical cracks.

Provenance
Collection of Mr. W...: sale, Paris, 2 December 1933, lot 84. In the Museo Lázaro Galdiano by 1949.

Bibliography
E. Camps Cazorla, Inventario del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (1949-1950, unpublished).
J. Camón Aznar, Guía abreviada del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (Madrid, 1951), p. 15.


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