Gothic ivory triptych with the Passion of Christ

An image of Sculpture / Triptych. The subjects are in two zones under crocketed canopies, and are taken from the Passion of Christ. Ivory, carved, height, centre, 14.9 cm, width, centre, 11.0 cm, height, side, 14.5 cm, width, side, 5.5 cm, width, overall, 22.3 cm, circa 1330-1370. Gothic, Medieval. French.

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Sculpture / Triptych. The subjects are in two zones under crocketed canopies, and are taken from the Passion of Christ. Ivory, carved, height, centre, 14.9 cm, width, centre, 11.0 cm, height, side, 14.5 cm, width, side, 5.5 cm, width, overall, 22.3 cm, circa 1330-1370. Gothic, Medieval. French.

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Accession Number: M.21-1904
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 167.86kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 39/1
Captured: 2013:01:24 12:30:14

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