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Right Leaf of a Diptych with Scenes of Christ's Passion   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Mosan (?)
Title
Right Leaf of a Diptych with Scenes of Christ's Passion
Description
English: The Washing of the Feet, Gethsemane, and Crucifixion are shown beneath arcades of five undecorated trefoil arches. The carving is summary and gives an impressionistic effect of light and shade.

Two of the three hinges remain. A rough hole in the center of the top arcade and a chip from the lowest arcade occur, and there are several long vertical cracks in the panel. The whole panel is stained brown, probably reflecting an early application of varnish.

The left leaf with the Entry into Jerusalem, Last Supper, and Arrest of Christ is in the collection of the British Railways Pension Fund, on loan to the Walters. The format of the diptych follows the Parisian Passion Diptychs, with several unusual details, for example, the fainting posture of the Virgin, which is seen in some German and Mosan examples in Liege, and the Louvre. The style of the carving suggests either a Mosan artist working in Paris or a Mosan interpretation of a Parisian work.

The carving technique is very different, with simplified cutting that has left high ridges for the lay of light and shade. A rare feature is the use of heads, or in some cases heads and shoulders, to indicate figures in the background. In the Gethsemane scene, for instance, there are three Apostles behind Christ: one indicated by a head with his shoulder fading into the hillock, a second with only a head, and the third with a hand and right arm making a gesture. In the Washing of the Feet, heads are also used to indicate figures in the background. The background figures are, in addition, purposefully less well defined, so that the carver has, in effect, introduced what appears to be atmospheric perspective.

The matching leaf is carved by another hand in a more conventional manner.
Date circa 1400
date QS:P571,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(late Medieval)
Medium ivory
medium QS:P186,Q82001
Dimensions height: 22.5 cm (8.8 in); width: 10.1 cm (3.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,22.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,10.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
71.280
Place of creation Belgium (?)
Object history
Exhibition history Recent Accessions. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1981.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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