A & A spacer courtauld institute of art
login profile preferences history searches sets
quick search go advanced search browse temp folder

12 panels (fragments of a box; boite), 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)

12 panels (fragments of a box; boite), 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)
enlarge image zoom image

Subject
Religious. Saints.

Repository Institution
www.comune.bologna.it

To purchase an image
www.comune.bologna.it


Bologna, Museo Civico Medievale

Inv. 702

Bone

Height: 63-65mm
Width: 33-40mm (each)

Angels and apostles.Musician angel playing the harp. Saint Peter with the key. Saint Paul holding a sword. Musician angel playing the psaltery.Saint Andrew with a saltire cross. Musician angel playing the rebec (or viola). Saint James the Greater with pilgrim's hat, staff and satchel. Saint Bartholomew with a flaying knife.Saint Simon with a saw. Saint James the Lesser with a fuller's club. Saint Matthias with an axe. Saint Judas or saint Thomas with a spear.Crosshatched background.

Bologna 1959: Northern Italy, early 15th century.
Marciano c. 1992-1994: Northeastern France or Flanders, 1st quarter of the 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding.

Comments
According to Marciano, the apostle holding a spear is saint Thomas.

Provenance
Collection of count Ludovico Savioli: donated by him to the Collezioni Universitarie (no. 342) in 1776; acquired by the Museo Civico di Bologna in 1881.

Bibliography
Lavori in osso e avorio dalla Preistoria al Rococò, dir. by R. Pincelli, exhibition catalogue, Bologna, Museo Civico, 20 September-11 October 1959, no. 132, pl. 29.
A. Marciano, 'Ludovico Savioli e gli avori dei bassi tempi', in Arte a Bologna 2 (1992), pp. 187-202 (p. 190, pl. 10).
A. Marciano, Avori gotici - entry no. 11 (Museo Civico Medievale), Catalogo dei Musei Civici d'Arte Antica di Bologna (unpublished; [c. 1992-1994]).


Image

© Museo Civico Medievale, Bologna.

All images on this website are made available exclusively for scholarly and educational purposes and may not be used commercially.

spacer
add commentsadd / view
comments
spacer
email a linkemail a link
to this image
spacer
add to folderadd this image
to folder
spacer
save to setsave this image
to a set
spacer
Please remember to acknowledge any use of the site in publications and lectures as: 'Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk', followed by the date you accessed the site.