Carved Gothic ivory diptych, Virgin and Child, Crucifixion

An image of Sculpture / Diptych. Left wing: Virgin and child enthroned with two angels holding tall candles. Right wing: Crucifixion with Virgin and St John. Both scenes are placed under a crocketted and cusped arch. Ivory, carved, height, whole, 5.2 cm, width, whole, 7.9 cm, 1300-1400. Gothic, Medieval. Production Place: France.

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Sculpture / Diptych. Left wing: Virgin and child enthroned with two angels holding tall candles. Right wing: Crucifixion with Virgin and St John. Both scenes are placed under a crocketted and cusped arch. Ivory, carved, height, whole, 5.2 cm, width, whole, 7.9 cm, 1300-1400. Gothic, Medieval. Production Place: France.

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Accession Number: MAR.M.256-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 786 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 141.33kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2013:01:22 14:43:19

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