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Gabled triptych, 1 and 3 registers (Front)
Gabled triptych, 1 and 3 registers (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ. Passion. Life of the Virgin.

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London, The Wernher Collection, Ranger's House (English Heritage)

88259332 (EE275)

Bone;wood (later backing)

Height: 130mm
Width: 74mm
Depth: 5mm (wings) and 12mm (centre panel)

Wing, left
Register 1: Archangel Gabriel (part of the Annunciation scene continued on the right wing).
Register 2: unidentified veiled female saint.
Register 3: unidentified female saint; crown.
Centre panel
Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ; man with pincers removing the nail from Christ's feet; saint John the Evangelist crying.
Wing, right
Register 1: seated Virgin (part of the Annunciation scene).
Register 2: saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel and martyr's palm; crown.
Register 3: saint Margaret emerging from the dragon unharmed; crown.
Foliated decoration; pinnacles.

Museum's opinion 2014 and Williamson and Davies 2014: Italian (Venice), late 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on either side.

Reverse
The wings have been stuck onto a wooden backing.
Remains of glue on the back of the centre panel. Label with an unidentified coat of arms with the motto: 'Fax mentis Honestae Gloria', on this same label is an ink inscription '85'. Label with printed inscription: '39'.
Remains of a blue and white label. More recent label with inscription: 'Collection Wernher no. 275'.

Object Condition
Missing: upper parts of the pinnacles (holes are visible, where they would have been secured).
Hole in the underside of the centre panel. The wings have been stuck onto a wooden backing, to compensate for the difference of thickness existing between the wings and the centre. The triptych is thus no longer mobile.

Provenance
Collection of Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael (b. 1859, d. 1926), London: sold, Christie's, London, 12-13 May 1902, lot 149, with ill. (mentioned as having been exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum). Collection of Sir Julius Wernher (d. 1912), Bath House, London; on loan to English Heritage and displayed at Ranger's House since 2002.

Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), p. 202, in relation to no. 64.


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© The Wernher Foundation. Source: English Heritage Photo Library.

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