Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies. Visitation. Standing Magus (part of an Adoration of the Magi).
Koechlin 1924: France, 1st third of the 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003: France (North) or Belgian (Hainaut; Brabant; Liège), last 3rd of the 13th century.
Museum's opinion 2012: France (Meuse Valley), c. 1325-1350.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side (repaired).
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: decorative pattern on the background and along the hems.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label with printed inscription: '2991'.
Object Condition
Repairs around the hinges.
Comments
The right wing of this diptych is now in the Louvre (OA 9330); see related objects.
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, Les ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 157; II, no. 264.
R. Berliner, Die Bildwerke des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, IV. Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein, Knochen, Hirsch- und Steinbockhorn, mit einem Anhange: Elfenbeinarbeiten der Staatlichen Schlossmuseen in Bayern (Augsburg, 1926), p. 16, in relation to no. 33.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), fig. 117a.
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