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La Spezia, Museo Civico Amedeo Lia

A25

Ivory

Height: 190mm
Width: 55mm
Depth: 55mm (max)

Standing angel.

Giusti 1999: France (?), 19th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Comments
The 1999 catalogue identified A25 as the Virgin but its hairstyle contradicts this interpretation. It is related to another angel in the same collection (A24).

Provenance
Acquired at the art market, Florence.

Bibliography
P. Giusti in Museo Civico Amedeo Lia: Sculture e oggetti d'arte (I cataloghi del Museo Civico Amedeo Lia), ed. by M. Ratti and A. Marmori (La Spezia, 1999), no. 2.16.

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