The reconstructed portal is composed of five medieval elements. Neither the bases nor the arch of rosettes were part of the medieval monument. The two jambs of gray Carrara marble were apparently recarved from sections of antique sarcophagi
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Gospel Book with Enameled and Jeweled Silver PlaquesThis Gospel manuscript was copied by the scribe Grigor the priest (k’ahanay), probably in Cilicia in the thirteenth century.[1] In the seventeenth century, the manuscript was further embellished with silver repoussé plaques produced by the silversmith Astuatsatur Shahamir in a workshop in Kayseri, as indicated by the inscriptions, which read: on the front, top, „Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace“; on the front, bottom, „This Gospel was made through his honestly earned assets to pray and praise our Savior, Jesus Christ“; and on the back, bottom, „And I, unworthy Astuatsatur Shahamir, decorated this with silver in the year of the Armenians 1140 [AD 1691] in the city of Kayseri, with God’s help
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Length of Fabric>One of the more popular layouts with Ottoman textile artists, and one that eventually found its way into other media such as ceramic tile decoration, the pattern on this fabric fragment features parallel undulating vines adorned with leaves and flowers
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Baron James Mayer de Rothschild (by 1865–d. 1868) ; his son, baron Gustave de Rothschild (until d. 1911) ; his son, baron Robert de Rothschild (d. 1946) ; by descent through the Rothschild family (until 2009) ; [ sold by private agreement through Christie’s, London ; to MMA ]
Radcliffe 1972, p. 47; Allen 2008a, pp. 194–99, cat. 16A. 13.
LEAGUE PARK / NOW FRANKLIN RANCH [partial]; signed, dated, and inscribed (within image
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baron Arthur de Schickler, Martinvast, France (by 1908–d. 1919); his daughter, comtesse Hubert de Pourtalès, Martinvast (1919; sold to Duveen); [Duveen, Paris, and Wildenstein, Paris, 1919, as by Alvise Vivarini; sold to Salomon]; William Salomon, New York (d
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The Artist: The Sienese master Simone Martini was one of the greatest and most influential painters of his time. His work combines an astonishing mastery of naturalistically observed details with an exquisite technique
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A traveling troupe of commedia dell’arte actors entertains a party of Venetians enjoying a summer holiday on the mainland. Such performances often ended with a minuet, depicted here. The dancing couple may be the lovers Lelio and Isabella (sometimes called by other names), the only actors in the troupe who did not wear masks
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