The seller guarantees to PBA and the buyer that they are the undisputed owner, or are duly authorized by the undisputed owner, of the property offered for sale, that this property is not subject to any claim, dispute, attachment, reservation or pledge and that they can rightfully transfer the ownership of the said property. Payment is due at the moment of the sale and prices are expressed in euros. Each of these general conditions are independent of each other. The present general terms and conditions, the sale and everything related to it are governed by French law the sellers, the buyers and their representatives accept that any legal action is under the sole jurisdiction of the Parisian courts (France). The auctioneer is not a party to the sale contract which exclusively binds the seller to the successful bidder. Pierre Bergé & associés (PBA) is a voluntary sales auction house governed by the French law n☂000-642 of July 10, 2000. The composition of the Adoration of the Magi can be found almost identically on several colonial shutters, such as the one in the museum Kestner in Hanover, which is probably from the same workshop (fig. However, the stiffness of the attitudes and draperies links his style to the Germanic sphere.
The folio presented here is of excellent workmanship, which can be compared to that of the diptych in the Louvre attributed to the Parisian workshop known as "the Krakow box" (fig. This type of decorative arrangement was observed throughout the 14th century. However, several examples are known in museum collections, notably in the Louvre, which holds two, including one with four superimposed registers (inv.
Diptychs showing New Testament scenes inserted in quatrefoils are rare. Precious Objects of the Gothic Age, The Detroit Institute of Arts - Walters Art Gallery, cat.42, p 200-201. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux Ve - XVe siècle, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2003, cat.158, p 394-396 Exhibitions Detroit-Baltimore 1997, Images in Ivory. Middle Rhine, Cologne, mid-14th century Height: 12.7 cm - Width: 7.6 cm - Thickness: 0.6 cm - Weight: 100 g (small cracks, right hand of a magus missing) Works consulted: D. The Adoration of the Magi: the Virgin is seated on the left holding the Child standing on her lap, the latter grasping the present brought by the Magi kneeling before him on the left, a king is standing with a vase in one hand, in the centre, the third is pointing to the Star. The Nativity with the Shepherds: the Virgin is lying down, her head resting on her right hand, putting her other hand on the swaddled Child who is lying next to her in a cradle, Saint Joseph is at her feet in the left corner, an angel holding a phylactery, in the centre, a shepherd looking at the Star, on the right, two sheep and a goat the ox is lying in the foreground, the head of the donkey is visible on the left. Scenes on two registers in a quatrefoil with redents bordered by a double listel, in the upper part, the Nativity to the Shepherds, in the lower part, the Adoration of the Magi. Left leaf of an ivory diptych carved in depth.
0 kommentar(er)
