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Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

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Venice, Museo Correr

Cl. XVII n. 7

Ivory

Height: 150mm
Width: 95mm

Saint Roch; angel; dog.
Crosshatched background.

Lazari 1859: Italy, 15th century.
Venice 1988: Italian style, 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: Italy (?), 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Vertical incision for the handle. Museo Civico label with museum number.

Object Condition
Two drilled holes at the top, on either side of the pendant. One large hole beside the saint's right knee.

Provenance
Collection of Teodoro Correr, Venice (at least from c. 1800; manuscript inventory evidence): given by him in 1830.

Bibliography
V. Lazari, Notizia delle opere d'arte e d'antichità della Raccolta Correr di Venezia (Venice, 1859), no. 733.
Elenco degli oggetti esposti. Museo Civico e Raccolta Correr Venezia (Venice, 1899), p. 194, no. 147.
Una Città e il suo museo. Un secolo e mezzo di collezioni civiche veneziane, ed. by G. Romanelli, exhibition catalogue, Venice, Museo Correr, 1988, p. 81, n. I.129.


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© Museo Correr, Venice (Italy).

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