Annunciation with seated Virgin; kneeling Archangel Gabriel.
Knop: four evangelists or apostles in bust.
Monster swallowing the base of the volute (dragon); dragon head.
Foliated decoration.
Montevecchi 1998: Central Italy, mid 14th century.
Tonti, Bartolucci 2012: Central Italy, mid-14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding: dragon heads, hems, hair, angel's wings, foliated scrolls and knop.
Reverse
Carved on both sides.
Object Condition
Restored in 2009.
Comments
The crozier is considered a relic of Beato Mainardo, bishop of Urbino (1056-1088).
Provenance
Said to have belonged to Beato Mainardo, bishop of Urbino from 1056 to 1088, but this tradition is contradicted by the later style of the piece. Considered to have belonged to the bishop of Urbino Oddone Colonna (1380-1408). From the treasury of Urbino Cathedral.
Bibliography
L. Serra, Catalogo delle Cose d'arte e d'Antichità di Urbino (Rome, 1932), p. 158.
F. Negroni, G. Cucco, Urbino, Museo Albani (Bologna, 1984), p. 94.
Fioritura tardo gotica nelle Marche, ed. by P. Dal Poggetto, exhibition catalogue, Urbino, Palazzo Ducale, 25 July - 25 October 1998, no. 24, pp. 93-94 (B. Montevecchi).
La stanza degli avori: preziose creazioni eburnee sacre e profane tra Pesaro e Urbino, exhibition catalogue, Pesaro, Museo Diocesano, 8 May-16 September 2012, pp. 34-36 (D. Tonti, S. Bartolucci).
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