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Venice, Museo Correr

Cl. XVII n. 8

Ivory

Height: 265mm
Width: 145mm

Death of the Virgin (Dormition); apostles; Assumption (Virgin brought to Heaven by angels).
Medallions with angels. Foliated decoration. Crosshatched background.
Engraved inscription (filled with red wax): 'OIS QVI SE HVMILIAT EXALTABITVR'.

Lazari 1859: 16th century.
Venice 1988 and Museum's opinion 2010: 16th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Provenance
Collection of Teodoro Correr, Venice (at least from c. 1800; manuscript inventory evidence): given by him in 1830.

Bibliography
V. Lazari, Notizia delle opere d'arte e d'antichità della Raccolta Correr di Venezia (Venice, 1859), p. 144, no. 734.
Elenco degli oggetti esposti. Museo Civico e Raccolta Correr Venezia (Venice, 1899), p. 194, pl. XIII, no. 141. tbc
Una Città e il suo museo. Un secolo e mezzo di collezioni civiche veneziane, ed. by G. Romanelli, exhibition catalogue, Venice, Museo Correr, 1988, p. 82, no. I.131.


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© Museo Correr, Venice (Italy).

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