This sculpture is carved out of a single slab of ivory and represents the seated Mary holding the infant Jesus (mostly missing) in her lap. Mary’s face is moon-shaped, with a high, wide forehead, a pointed chin, and almond-shaped eyes
Petersburg: The State Hermitage Museum, 2014): p. 159.
The Artist: Together with Maso di Banco (for which see 43.98.13), Taddeo Gaddi was Giotto’s most celebrated pupil and assistant
B. C. Kreplin in Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler. Ed.
capture of Carthage by Publius Cornelius Scipio, an event that took place in 146 B.C
B. Tiepolo: la sua vita e le sue opere.
Donnan, Christopher B. and Donna McClelland. 1999.
Catherine Benincasa was born in Siena about 1347, died in 1380, and was canonized in 1461. She was a member of the Dominican order, a mystic, and minister to the poor and plague-stricken. This picture illustrates Saint Catherine’s miraculous levitation and exchange of her bloody heart with Christ
B[attista]. Cavalcaselle.
BottleThis large bottle has a domed profile, a slightly flared cylindrical neck, and a low tooled foot. The decoration is divided into a series of bands. The band on the upper body includes three large medallions, each containing an eight-petaled green-and-red central star from which a complex scrolling pattern radiates outward to create a floral pattern; the outlines are in red, the background is blue and gold, and there are eight alternating pointed elements in red and white
Vienna, 1, p. 31. M.
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Estelle P. Bender Debra and Leon D.
Ingelheim am Rhein: Stadt Ingelheim, 1986. no. 29, p. 72, fig. 29.
