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Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

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Ivory;metal (hinges)

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.

Koechlin 1924: France, 1st third of 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.

Object Condition
Holes in the spandrels.

Comments
Mistakenly identified as Koechlin 539 in the Maciet Albums (Paris, Bibliothèque des Arts décoratifs, Paris, Collection Maciet, volum 325/13).

Provenance
Dmitri Schevitch (or Schewitch) collection, Madrid, until 1906: sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 4-7 April 1906, lot 147. William Waldorf collection. Major Astor collection, at Hever Castle (Kent): sold, Sotheby's, London, Hever Castle sale, 6 May 1983, lot 241. Gallery Bernard Blondeel, Antwerp (1983-c. 1990). Private collection, France (c. 1990-2006). Bernard Descheemaeker Works of Art, Antwerp (in February 2010).


Image

© Bibliothèque des Arts décoratifs, Paris, Collection Maciet.

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