Inv. 64656 (Morey A116)
Saint Paul holding a Sword. Saint Petronius holding a model of Bologna. Seated Virgin and Child; two angels crowning the Virgin. Saint Michael and the devil; saint Michael holding a sword and scales. Saint Peter holding keys.
Egbert 1929: Italy (Bologna), late 15th century.
Morey 1936: Italy (Bologna), 2nd half of the 15th century
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Flat, with some scoring.
Provenance
Mentioned in the inventory of Clement XIII, pope from 1758 to 1769 (Inv. Clemente XIII, f. 87).
Bibliography
R. Kanzler, Gli avori dei musei profano e sacro della Biblioteca Vaticana (Rome, 1903), II, no. 78, pl. XX.
E. Begni, The Vatican, its History, its Treasures (New York, 1914), p. 417.
D. D. Egbert, 'North Italian Gothic Ivories in the Museo Cristiano of the Vatican Library', in Art Studies 7 (1929), p. 204, fig. 69.
C. R. Morey, Gli oggetti di avorio e di osso del Museo Vaticano (Vatican City, 1936), p. 89, no. A116, pl. XXXI.
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