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Panel, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Panel, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Rome, Vatican, Musei Vaticani

Inv. 64623 (Morey A92)

Ivory

Height: 91mm
Width: 54mm
Depth: 5mm
Weight: 23.4g

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; rosettes in the spandrels.

Morey 1936: French or Italian imitation of the French style, 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: red (architectural details).

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Vertical break across the panel, another break from the Virgin's hands to the bottom.
Three holes.

Provenance
Unknown provenance.

Bibliography
R. Kanzler, Gli avori dei musei profano e sacro della Biblioteca Vaticana (Rome, 1903), II, no. 77, pl. XX.
C. R. Morey, Gli oggetti di avorio e di osso del Museo Vaticano (Vatican City, 1936), p. 81, no. A92, pl. XXII.


Image

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