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Diptych with tabernacle frames

ca. 1400–1410
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 952
The gable ornament on this diptych by Paolo di Giovanni Fei (see also 1975.1.23b), with paterae that have been regessoed, regilt, and repunched, appears to be too bold for the paitnigns: a "Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels, Saints James the Great and John the Baptist, and the Annunciatory Angel" (left wing) and a "Crucified Christ with the Virgin, Saint Mary Magdelene, Saint John the Evangelist, and the Virgin Annunciate" (right wing). The undisturbed pastiglia moldings are well balanced and in proportion to the tondi in the central gables and the scale of the figures in the paintings.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Diptych with tabernacle frames
  • Date: ca. 1400–1410
  • Culture: Sienese
  • Medium: Poplar. Carved, gilt; red-orange bole.
  • Dimensions: Overall, left: 18 5/16 × 7 13/16 in. (46.5 × 19.8 cm)
    Overall, right: 18 7/16 × 7 11/16 in. (46.9 × 19.6 cm)
    Sight (Both): 16 × 6 1/2 in. (40.6 × 16.5 cm)
  • Classification: Frames
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.22c
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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