Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (Back, left wing)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (Back, left wing)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (Back, left wing)

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Front

Side

Back, right wing

Links

Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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London, The British Museum

1856,0623.115

Metal (hinges);ivory

Height: 111mm
Width: 162mm
Depth: 9mm
Weight: 166.3gr

Wing, left
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist. Skull of Adam at the foot of the cross.
Wing, right
Pietà (Lamentation of the Virgin over Christ's body); Virgin in prayer; saint John the Evangelist; saint Mary Magdalene holding an ointment pot.
Crosshatched background; roped border; columns with foliated motif.

Koechlin Number: 0985A

Koechlin 1924: France, early 16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Break down the right wing.

Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890); bought from him by the museum in 1856.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 353; III, no. 985A.

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