Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Cast Courts, Room 46b, The Weston Cast Court

Virgin and Child enthroned between a saint and a bishop saint presenting a kneeling donor

Relief
mid 14th century (sculpted), ca. 1850-1900 (cast)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plaster cast of the Virgin and Child Enthroned Between a Saint and a Bishop Saint Presenting a Kneeling Donor after the original on the wall of the Ducal Palace, Venice.
The relief is inscribed:
'SEPVLC ....[BARTH] OLOME .... DVX ....ET HEREDVM AC SVCCESSORVM SVORVM QVOD / FIERI FECIT DOMINVS VBERTINVS [P]REFATI /
DOMINI BARTHOLOMEI A[VVNCVLVS]'
(The tomb of Bartolommeo ....and of his heirs and successors, which Ubertino, the uncle (?) of the aforementioned Bartolommeo, has had made).


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleVirgin and Child enthroned between a saint and a bishop saint presenting a kneeling donor (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Plaster cast
Brief description
Plaster cast of a mid 14th century relief, showing the Virgin and Child Enthroned Between a Saint and a Bishop Saint Presenting a Kneeling Donor, in the Ducal Palace, Venice, cast. ca. 1850-1900
Physical description
Plaster cast of the Virgin and Child Enthroned Between a Saint and a Bishop Saint Presenting a Kneeling Donor after the original on the wall of the Ducal Palace, Venice.
The relief is inscribed:
'SEPVLC ....[BARTH] OLOME .... DVX ....ET HEREDVM AC SVCCESSORVM SVORVM QVOD / FIERI FECIT DOMINVS VBERTINVS [P]REFATI /
DOMINI BARTHOLOMEI A[VVNCVLVS]'
(The tomb of Bartolommeo ....and of his heirs and successors, which Ubertino, the uncle (?) of the aforementioned Bartolommeo, has had made).
Dimensions
  • Height: 222.3cm
  • Width: 117cm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed: SEPVLC ....(BARTH) OLOME .... DVX ....ET HEREDVM AC SVCCESSORVM SVORVM QVOD FIERI FECIT DOMINVS VBERTINVS (P)REFATI DOMINI BARTHOLOMEI A(VVNCVLVS)
Translation
'The tomb of Bartolommeo .... and of his heirs and successors, which Ubertino, the uncle(?) of the aforementioned Bartolommeo, has had made'
Credit line
Given by the Architectural Association
Object history
Given by the Architectural Association in 1916
Historical context
The relief is inscribed; SEPVLC....(BARTH) OLOME....DVX.... ET HEREDVM AC SVCCESSORVM SVORVM QVOD FIERI FECIT DOMINVS VBERTINVS (P)REFATI DOMINI BARTHOLOMEI A(VVNCVLVS) (The tomb of Bartolommeo .... and of his heirs and successors, which Ubertino, the uncle(?) of the aforementioned Bartolommeo, has had made).
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
REPRO.A.1916-2958

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Record createdJune 26, 2000
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