The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ

Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ

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Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ

Date:: 14th century
Geography:: Made in Middle or Upper Rhineland, Germany
Culture:: German
Medium:: Ivory with metal mounts
Dimensions:: Overall (open): 3 3/8 x 4 5/16 x 3/8 in. (8.5 x 10.9 x 1 cm) Overall (closed): 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 x 13/16 in. (8.5 x 5.4 x 2 cm)
Classification:: Ivories
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.190.293

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 306

Provenance

Baron Albert Oppenheim, Cologne(until 1906); J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (until 1917)
See also
What
Metal (59,587)

Bone (6,371)

Ivory (5,396)
Where
Europe (150,013)

Germany (15,973)

Rhineland (55)
When
A.D. 1000-1400 (7,082)
In the Museum
Medieval Art (6,712)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central Europe (including Germany), 1000–1400 A.D.

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