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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Sculpture, Room 111, The Gilbert Bayes Gallery

This object consists of 2 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

St Paul

Statuette
ca. 1580 - ca. 1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Italy (made)
France (made)

This is an ivory statuette made in ca. 1580-1600, probably in Italy, perhaps Venice. It represents St. Paul wearing a long robe and mantle, leaning on a tall sword and holding a closed book in the left hand. He wears a beard, and his head is tonsured. This and its accompanying piece representing St. Peter (V&A Mus. no. 215-1867) could have originally formed part of a monstrance or other liturgical item, analogous to an Augsburg work in Zagreb Cathedral.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Christianity
Religion
Object type
Statuette
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Statuette
  • Fragment
TitleSt Paul (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Ivory
Ivory
Brief description
Statuette, ivory, St. Paul, probably Italian, perhaps Venice, ca. 1580-1600
Physical description
Statuette in ivory of St. Paul, standing, wearing a long robe and mantle, leaning on a tall sword and holding a closed book in the left hand. He wears a beard, and his head is tonsured.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.5cm
  • Width: 2 1/4in
Object history
Bought from the Webb Collection for £22 in 1867. Formerly in the Fould Collection (Sale, Paris, 4 June 1860, lot No.1843).
Subjects depicted
Book
Sword
St. Paul
Summary
This is an ivory statuette made in ca. 1580-1600, probably in Italy, perhaps Venice. It represents St. Paul wearing a long robe and mantle, leaning on a tall sword and holding a closed book in the left hand. He wears a beard, and his head is tonsured. This and its accompanying piece representing St. Peter (V&A Mus. no. 215-1867) could have originally formed part of a monstrance or other liturgical item, analogous to an Augsburg work in Zagreb Cathedral.
Associated object
215-1867 (Pair)
Bibliographic references
  • Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1867. Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol. 1. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 12
  • Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929, Part II, p. 102
  • Riznica Zagrabacke Katedrale. Zagnes, 1987, cat. no. 104M.
  • Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, cat. no. 286, pp. 292, 3
  • Maskell, W., A Description of the Ivories Ancient and Medieval in the South Kensington Museum, London, 1872 p. 82
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
214-1867

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Record createdDecember 23, 2003
Record URL
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