Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Attribution
Atelier of the Master of the Great Passion Diptychs (Gaborit-Chopin)

Hinges
Traces of two hinges on the right side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.

Reverse
Chamfered slot at the back for a handle showing that the panel was reused as a pax (baiser de paix).

Object Condition
Broken, then glued back together. Long open crack from the border to the head of the Virgin. Chip at top-left.

Provenance
Acquired by the Musée du Louvre from a sale in Paris, 29 February 1988.

Bibliography
'Acquisitions', in Revue du Louvre, 1988-4, p. 134.
Nouvelles acquisitions du département des Objets d'art (1985-1989), exhibition catalogue, Musée du Louvre, 1990, no. 24, fig.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 202.

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