Gothic ivory diptych with the Crucifixion

An image of Sculpture. Diptych with donor and donatrix. Left wing (A): under a triple cusped and crocketted arch the Virgin and the Child at her breast stands between St Catherine on the right carrying a palm and a wheel and St Margaret on the left rising out of a dragon and holding a cross. Below on the left, in a kind of predella, kneels the donor in prayer, and to the right of the figure are two quatrefoils contained in roundels. Right wing (B): Under an identical arch is the Deposition with four assisting figures. Below in a kind of predella kneels the donatrix in prayer, and to the left of the figure are two quatrefoils contained in roundels. Carved ivory, height, A, 9.8, cm, width, A, 6.1, cm, height, B, 9.8, cm, width, B, 6.1, cm, circa 1300-1400. Gothic, Medieval. French.

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Sculpture. Diptych with donor and donatrix. Left wing (A): under a triple cusped and crocketted arch the Virgin and the Child at her breast stands between St Catherine on the right carrying a palm and a wheel and St Margaret on the left rising out of a dragon and holding a cross. Below on the left, in a kind of predella, kneels the donor in prayer, and to the right of the figure are two quatrefoils contained in roundels. Right wing (B): Under an identical arch is the Deposition with four assisting figures. Below in a kind of predella kneels the donatrix in prayer, and to the left of the figure are two quatrefoils contained in roundels. Carved ivory, height, A, 9.8, cm, width, A, 6.1, cm, height, B, 9.8, cm, width, B, 6.1, cm, circa 1300-1400. Gothic, Medieval. French.

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Accession Number: M.2A & B-1926
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 726 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 520.48kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2013:01:22 14:52:38

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14th Century arch arches Bible biblical Calvary carved Christ crown crown of thorns crucified crucifixion cusped deposition devotional diptych donor Easter Fitz_AA French Golgotha Gothic ivory Jesus Joseph of Arimathea Mary Medieval New Testament passion Passion of Christ quatrefoil relief religion religious sculpture St John the Evangelist Virgin Mary

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