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Ravenna, Museo Nazionale di Ravenna

Inv. n. 5826

Ivory

Height: 68mm
Width: 13mm

Standing abbot holding a book and a crozier.

Martini and Rizzardi 1993: Northern Italy (Lombardy or Veneto), 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat.

Object Condition
Hole in the base with a bronze nail.

Provenance
Classense collection, i.e. collection assembled by the Camaldolese monks of Sant'Apollinare in Classe near Ravenna, acquired mainly during the 18th century; with the suppression of religious orders in 1797, the possessions of Ravenna's important abbeys passed on to the Comune of Ravenna; in 1804, the Museo Classense Municipale was established, which would become in 1885 the Museo Nazionale di Ravenna.

Bibliography
Oggetti in avorio e osso nel Museo Nazionale di Ravenna, sec. XV-XIX (Ravenna, 1993), no. 155.


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© MiBAC-SBAP Ra - Museo Nazionale di Ravenna.

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