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Panel, 1 register (plaquette) (Back)
Panel, 1 register (plaquette) (Back)
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Religious.

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Padua, Musei Civici, Museo d'Arte, Arti Applicate e Decorative

Inv. 167

Ivory

Height: 85 mm
Width: 73 mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; titulus.
Crosshatched background.

Museum's opinion 2013: Northern Italy, 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy (green).

Reverse
A sundial has later been engraved and painted in red and blue on the back. Blue and white label containing the inscription: ‘N. 14’. White label containing the inscription: ‘167’.

Object Condition
Pierced with four holes at the bottom. Two metal hooks inserted at the top for suspension.

Provenance
Bequest of Stefano Piombin in 1887.

Bibliography
A. Moschetti, Il Museo civico di Padova. Cenni storici e illustrativi, Padua 1938, p. 246, fig. 130.
Musei civici di Padova: Museo d'arte, arti applicate e decorative, ed. by F. Pellegrini, Milano 2004, p.32, pp. 58-59.


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