File:Italian - Wing of a Reliquary Diptych with the Crucifixion and Saints - Walters 371686.jpg
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Summary
Tommaso da Modena: Wing of a Reliquary Diptych with the Crucifixion and Saints
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Anonymous (Italian artist)
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| Title |
Wing of a Reliquary Diptych with the Crucifixion and Saints |
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| Description |
English: This work, perhaps the right wing of a diptych (two-panel painting), is one of only two known 14th-century paintings to combine painted panels with plaques of reverse-painted glass. The Crucifixion at center and the Virgin at the top are on reverse painted glass by an unknown artist, while the images of numerous saints around them are panel paintings by Tommaso da Modena. The Crucifixion and the Virgin were scratched into gold leaf applied to the back of glass. The areas where the gold leaf had been removed were painted to clarify the scenes. This object doubles as a reliquary; the labels in red around the Crucifixion identify the relics enshrined within. These are the wood of the True Cross and a stone from the Holy Sepulcher (top), the bones of the 11,000 Virgins and one of the Magi (right), the bones of St. James the Apostle (bottom), the Apostle Andrew, the Evangelist Luke, and St. Peter and St. Paul (left).
For more information on this piece, please see Zeri catalogue number 38, pp. 63-65. |
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| Date | between circa 1355 and circa 1370 (Middle Ages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | tempera and gold leaf on panel with marble, ceramic, and reverse painted glass insets on a gilded wood frame | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 45.5 cm (17.9 in); width: 20.9 cm (8.2 in); depth: 2.2 cm (0.8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
37.1686 |
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| Place of creation | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Exhibition history | Reliquaries and Ritual: Medieval Objects of Devotion. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985. Treasures of Heaven. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The British Museum, London. 2010-2011. The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1962. 3000 Years of Glass: Treasures from The Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1982. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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