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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 2 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Bottom)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 2 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Bottom)
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Side, right

Front

Back

Front

Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Ourense, Museo Arqueológico Provincial

Inv. CE000380

Ivory

Height: 79 mm
Width: 50 mm
Depth: 7 mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; two angels holding candlesticks; two hands swinging censers; clouds.
Brickwork or tiled roof.

Museum’s opinion 2014: France, Paris?, 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Traces of glue.

Object Condition
Several cracks.
Missing: candles held by the angels.

Provenance
Donated by don Manuel Castro, professor of the Seminaio Mayor of Ourense, on 10 January 1904 (recorded in the Libro de Actas de la Comisión de Monumentos).

Bibliography
'Noticias', in Boletín de la Comisión Provincial de Monumentos Históricos y Artísticos de Orense 34/1 (1902-1905), p. 188.
Museum's record: 'Virgen gloriosa' - Pieza del mes - February 2002 (A. M. Veiga Romero): http://www.musarqourense.xunta.es/peza_mes/virxe-gloriosa/ [accessed January 2014].


Image

© Museo Arqueolóxico Provincial de Ourense.
Photography: Fernando del Río.

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