Doorway
1503 (made)
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This doorway originated from the Palazzo Pallavicino in Piazza di Fossatello, Genoa, and remained there until shortly before its purchase by the Museum in 1879. Its date and authorship are established by a contract of 28 June 1503, between Cipriano Pallavicino and the brothers Michele and Antonio Carlone. The Virgin and the Child with the two putti holding a crown replace a coat-of-arms for which provision was made in the contract. This modification seems to have occurred during the execution of the doorway.
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Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Carved marble |
Brief description | Doorway, Putti and shield, marble, by Michele and Antonio Carlone, Italy (Genoa), 1503 |
Physical description | Doorway, marble. Above the architrave is a shell-shaped lunette, in front of which stands the Virgin with the Child on her right arm. Two winged putti, kneeling on the rim of the lunette, hold a crown over her head. At the sides are two statuettes of putti with shields (charge effaced). The frieze is carved with grotesques amongst which stand three eagles, and the jambs are formed by fluted half-columns, carved at the base with a band of eagles and garlands, and above with three putti and baskets of flowers and fruit. The bases are carved with partially illegible reliefs which appear to represent (right) Hercules and the Serpents, and (left) Hercules and Cacus. On the left column the lower part of the left arm of the central putto and the knuckles and fingers of the right hand of the putto on the right are missing. On the right column the right arm of the central putto and the right legs of other putti have also been broken off. The faces of all the putti on the columns are abraded. Local abrasion elsewhere. |
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Object history | Purchased in Florence (through W.C. Spence), in 1879. |
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Summary | This doorway originated from the Palazzo Pallavicino in Piazza di Fossatello, Genoa, and remained there until shortly before its purchase by the Museum in 1879. Its date and authorship are established by a contract of 28 June 1503, between Cipriano Pallavicino and the brothers Michele and Antonio Carlone. The Virgin and the Child with the two putti holding a crown replace a coat-of-arms for which provision was made in the contract. This modification seems to have occurred during the execution of the doorway. |
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Accession number | 81:1 to 3-1879 |
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Record created | February 20, 2004 |
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