Inv. 750
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; two standing angels holding candlesticks; angel crowning the Virgin.
Rosettes and trefoils in the spandrels.
Bologna 1959: Italy (Roman School), end of the 14th century.
Bologna 2010-2011: Paris, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Trace of one missing hinge on the right side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding.
Provenance
Collezioni Universitarie (no. 163): acquired by the Museo Civico in 1881.
Bibliography
P. Ducati, Guida del Museo Civico di Bologna (Bologna, 1923), pp. 181ff.
Lavori in osso e avorio dalla Preistoria al Rococò, dir. by R. Pincelli, exhibition catalogue, Bologna, Museo Civico, 20 September-11 October 1959, no. 105.
A. Marciano, Avori gotici - entry no. 36 (Museo Civico Medievale), Catalogo dei Musei Civici d'Arte Antica di Bologna (unpublished, [c. 1992-1994]).
Le Madonne di Vitale: Pittura e devozione a Bologna nel Trecento, dir. M. Medica, exhibition catalogue, Bologna, Museo Civico Medievale, 2010-2011, no. 14, p. 66.
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