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Source Description
This small ivory carving was originally part of an altarpiece from the Loire. According to tradition the altarpiece was destroyed by the Baron des Ardrets. The carving depicts six of the twelve apostles who appear dejected as they meditate on Christ's Passion. An inscription on the back is rendered in ink, and is signed "Didier-Petit."
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Document identity
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3312
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Meditation on the Passion
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Source metadata
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3312
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normalized
title
Meditation on the Passion
description
This small ivory carving was originally part of an altarpiece from the Loire. According to tradition the altarpiece was destroyed by the Baron des Ardrets. The carving depicts six of the twelve apostles who appear dejected as they meditate on Christ's Passion. An inscription on the back is rendered in ink, and is signed "Didier-Petit."
provenance
Collection of the Baron de Theis (Alexandre-Etienne-Guillaume Theis (b. 1765, d. 1842)) and Baronne de Theis: sold, Drouot, Paris, 6-13 May 1874. Bought by Henry Walters from Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Co. in New York in 1922; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1375-1400 (Gothic)
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CC0
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en
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statuary groups
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Mark] On back in ink: Didier-Petit
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ivory
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6229
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2064
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