Inv. 143/AV
Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; apostles.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels. Beaded border.
Mallé 1969: Germany, mid-14th century.
Martini and Rizzardi 1990: Germany (Cologne?), 1350-1370.
Turin 1996: Germany, c. 1350-1370.
Museum's opinion 2010: Rhenish, c. 1350-1375.
Attribution
Unknown
Comments
Known between ca. 1950 and 1987 as Inv. 188. Later inscription '188' (former Museum number) and Accorsi label '5029 iaaa' and undecipherable inscription.
Provenance
Collection of princes Trivulzio (Milan); bought from prince Luigi Alberico Trivulzio through the antique dealer Pietro Accorsi (Turin) in 1940.
Bibliography
V. Viale, 'I principali incrementi del Museo Civico', in Bollettino della Società Piemontese d'Archeologia e Belle Arti (Turin, 1948), p. 22.
L. Mallé, Smalti-Avori. Museo d'Arte Antica (Turin, 1969), pp. 293-294, pl. 125 (as Inv. 188).
Avori bizantini e medievali nel museo nazionale di Ravenna, ed. by L. Martini and C. Rizzardi (Ravenna, 1990), p. 49, fig. 23.
Il tesoro della città. Opere d'arte e oggetti preziosi da Palazzo Madama, ed. by S. Pettenati, G. Romano, exhibition catalogue, Turin, Palazzo Madama-Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, 1996, no. 398.
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