Inv. 64669 (Morey A114)
Saint Catherine of Alexandria with broken wheel and martyr's palm; crown; merged with the crescent moon used in the iconography of the Virgin as Apocalyptic woman.
Egbert 1929: Italy, late 15th century.
Morey 1936: Northern Italy, 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Slightly curved.
Object Condition
Upper border chipped.
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.
Provenance
Collection of Francesco Vettori (b. 1692, d. 1770), Prefect and curator of the Sacred Museum of the Vatican Library from 1757; mentioned in the inventory of Clement XIII, pope from 1758 to 1769 (Inv. Clemente XIII, f. 80v).
Bibliography
R. Kanzler, Gli avori dei musei profano e sacro della Biblioteca Vaticana (Rome, 1903), n. 44, pl. X.
D. D. Egbert, 'North Italian Gothic Ivories in the Museo Cristiano of the Vatican Library', in Art Studies 7 (1929), p. 197, fig. 54.
C. R. Morey, Gli oggetti di avorio e di osso del Museo Vaticano (Vatican City, 1936), p. 88, no. A114, pl. XXX.
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