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Medallion (Back)

Medallion (Back)
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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Pavia, Musei Civici

Inv. A.M. 34

Ivory

Height: 120mm (diameter)

Annunciation with angel coming from the right; kneeling Virgin; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit; scroll with the inscription 'AVE GRATIA PLENA DO[MINU]S TECUM'.
Crosshatched background.

Malaspina 1823: 16th century.
Maiocchi 1892-1906: 17th century.
Soriga 1939: 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: North Italian, 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: red (in the folds of garments), blue (background).

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
A circular piece of ivory is missing in the centre of the medallion and has been replaced by a circular piece featuring a flower.

Provenance
Collection of Luigi Malaspina di Sannazzaro (b. 1754, d. 1835): his bequest to the museum in 1835.

Bibliography
G. Monti, Breve guida pel forestiero nella visita delle sale formanti il Gabinetto di Belle Arti (Pavia, 1838), p. 21, no. 36.
L. Malaspina, Elenco delle diverse materie sulle quali in vario modo vengono esercitate le Arti del disegno (1893), no. 6.
R. Maiocchi, Catalogo dei quadri e degli oggetti d'arte e di curiosità raccolti nelle sale superiori del Museo civico di Storia Patria di Pavia (1892-1906), no. 154.
R. Soriga, Inventario degli oggetti interessanti le arti minori (1939), no. 34.
M. Ricotti, La collezione degli avori dei Civici Musei di Pavia (Pavia, 1985-1986), pp. 113-116.


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