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Panel, 1 register (fragment of a casket; coffret) (Front)

Panel, 1 register (fragment of a casket; coffret) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

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Paris, Musée du Louvre

OA 2772

Ivory

Height: 35mm
Width: 77mm
Depth: 4mm

Pietà; two blank coats of arms; twisted columns.
Crosshatched background; roped border.


Koechlin Number: 0976

Courajod-Molinier 1885: German, 16th century.
Molinier 1896: French, 16th century.
Koechlin 1924: 15th century.
Malgouyres 2010: French, end of the 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Recessed along three edges (except the upper edge), certainly to fit the other panels forming the casket.

Object Condition
Two sets of two holes, for missing fittings.

Provenance
Collection of Baron Charles Davillier: his bequest in 1883.

Bibliography
L. Courajod, E. Molinier, Donation du baron Charles Davillier. Catalogue des objets exposés au musée du Louvre (Paris, 1885), no. 61, p.51.
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 151, p. 294.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 347; II, no. 976.
P. Malgouyres, Ivoires de la Renaissance et des Temps Modernes. La Collection du Musée du Louvre (Paris, 2010), no. 59.


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