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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Linz, Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum

Inv. S 280

Ivory

Height: 85 mm
Width: 50 mm

Wing, left
Crucifixion; Virgin and one of the Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlooker.
Wing, right
Saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel and martyr's palm; Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit.
Incised trefoils.

Museum's opinion 2014: France, mid 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Traces of glue and red fabric. Inscription recording the von Az provenance.

Object Condition
Three large holes in the background.

Provenance
Collection of Moritz Ritter von Az (d. 1883), director of the main post office in Linz and president of the museum association; his bequest to the museum (then called Museum Francisco Carolinum) in 1883-1884.


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