About the Artwork
Diptych: Four Scenes from the Life of Christ
14th century
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French
Unknown
Ivory, with modern metal mounts
Overall (open): 4 13/16 × 4 3/4 × 7/16 inches (12.2 × 12.1 × 1.1 cm) Overall (each leaf): 4 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 7/16 inches (12.4 × 6 × 1.1 cm)
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Robert H. Tannahill
43.455
Public Domain
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Provenance
Prof. A. Gilbert (Paris, France);November 219- December 1, 1927, sold through (Drouot (Lair-Dubreuil), Paris, France), lot 67;
Robert Tannahill [1893-1969] (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1943-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Catalogue des objets d'art et de haute curiosité principalement du moyen âge et de la Renaissance. Orfevrerie Religieuse, Emaux Champleves et Peints de Limoges, Ivoires, Sculptures, Vitraux, Baisers de Paix et Plaquettes en Bronze… Composant la Collection de M. le Professeur A. Gilbert. Sales cat., Hotel Drouot. Paris, 1927, p. 16, no. 67 (ill.).
Loan Exhibition of French Gothic Art. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1928, no. 59 (ill.).
Robinson, F. W. "An Ivory Diptych," Bulletin of the DIA 23, no. 5 (1944): pp. 40-41 (ill.).
Calkins, R. A Medieval Treasury. Exh. cat. Ithaca, 1968, no. 75, p. 153 (ill.).
Randall, R.H., Jr. The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Carvings in North American Collections. New York, 1993, p. 110 (ill.).
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French, Diptych: Four Scenes from the Life of Christ, 14th century, ivory, with modern metal mounts. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Robert H. Tannahill, 43.455.
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