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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

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Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Galleria di Palazzo Cini a San Vio (on extended loan from the Cini heirs)

VC 2861

Height: 98mm
Width: 53mm
Depth: 6mm

Register 1: Crucifixion; Virgin; one of the Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlooker holding a scroll.
Register 2: saint Catherine of Alexandria; wheel; martyr's palm; crown. Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit.

Unpublished.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Piece of card reading '2861. Francia 2a metà XIV sec. Parte dittico avorio con Annunciazione e Crocefissione ', sticker with cancelled no. 'VC 2859'. Sticker with no. 14 stamped in red [noted by Catherine Yvard, September 2009].

Object Condition
Hole in the upper part.

Provenance
Collection of Vittorio Cini (b. 1885, d. 1977), Venice: on extended loan to the Galleria di Palazzo Cini a San Vio since 1989, courtesy of Yilda Cini Guglielmi di Vulci, second daughter of Vittorio Cini.


Image

© Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Matteo De Fina.

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