Artist
Scarsellino(Italian (Ferrarese), c. 1550–1620)Italian (Ferrarese), c. 1550–1620
CultureItalian
Titles
- Virgin and Child with Saints Mary Magdalene, Peter, Clare, Francis, and an Abbess
Datec. 1600
PlaceItaly
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions110 7/8 × 63 5/8 inches (281.6 × 161.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment
Object number97.118
Non exposé
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanObject Type
[1] Demolished, probably in the first quarter of the nineteenth century.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
'O TVCHE MIRI E REGGI
QUESTI CH'VNIVVADE E INSIEME A VOI DIMOSTRA
NON HEBBE A VN TEMPO LA TERRENA CHIOSTRA
MA CHI PON FRENO E LEGGI
AL DEVOTO PENSIERO
CHE VIDE IN CIEL, MA SENZA VELO, IL VERO
ET ALL HONOR SANTO E PIV CH'EGLI E PIV VAGO
DVNQVE DEL PARADISO E QVESTA IMAGO'
Oh you who see and worship these saints here united in a single picture, whose earthly lives were led at different times, pause and read these sacred words and see the truth as if in heaven , face to face, for holier and more lovely than paradise is this image.
QUESTI CH'VNIVVADE E INSIEME A VOI DIMOSTRA
NON HEBBE A VN TEMPO LA TERRENA CHIOSTRA
MA CHI PON FRENO E LEGGI
AL DEVOTO PENSIERO
CHE VIDE IN CIEL, MA SENZA VELO, IL VERO
ET ALL HONOR SANTO E PIV CH'EGLI E PIV VAGO
DVNQVE DEL PARADISO E QVESTA IMAGO'
Oh you who see and worship these saints here united in a single picture, whose earthly lives were led at different times, pause and read these sacred words and see the truth as if in heaven , face to face, for holier and more lovely than paradise is this image.
Verso: canvas frame, Christie's label with barcode: "4-2-97/ The Packing Shop / x Christies K.S. / REF 8122 / Client Code TBAO1. / Unit L, London Stone Business Estate / Broughton Street, London SW8 3QRQ71 498 3255."
Verso: Part of a torn old label left top center (not enough to read), stamped in black ink: "PY 434." In white chalk: "LOT 114 13 DEC 96."
Verso: Part of a torn old label left top center (not enough to read), stamped in black ink: "PY 434." In white chalk: "LOT 114 13 DEC 96."
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