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Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)
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Front

Front

Subject
Religious.

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Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Galleria di Palazzo Cini a San Vio (on extended loan from the Cini heirs)

VC 2857

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 119mm
Width: 148mm
Depth: 4mm

Wing, left
Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin (swaddled); apostles.
Wing, right Vision of saint Luke (?); musician shepherd playing the bagpipes; angel; sheep (?).
Foliated decoration in the spandrels.

Unpublished.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two ring hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: red (trees); and gilding (hair).

Reverse
'Castello di Monselice' label with the no. 2857. Piece of card reading 'Sec. XIV Dittico con la morte della Vergine e S. Luca' [noted by Catherine Yvard, September 2009].

Provenance
Collection of Vittorio Cini (b. 1885, d. 1977), Venice: on extended loan to the Galleria di Palazzo Cini a San Vio since 1989, courtesy of Yilda Cini Guglielmi di Vulci, second daughter of Vittorio Cini.


Image

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