Romualdo Alinari
Ivory pastoral throne richly carved with vines, birds, animals and a panel of five male figures.

CultureItalian
Titles
  • Ivory pastoral throne richly carved with vines, birds, animals and a panel of five male figures.
  • from a volume of Italian photographs--Bologna, Ferrara, and Ravenna
Date1850–1859
Place depictedRavenna, Italy
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/4 × 7 3/8 in. (24.8 × 18.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 x 7 3/8 in. (25.4 x 18.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Efrem Kurtz
Object number2000.266.40
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black, recto, bottom margin: (Ed. Alinari) P.I.N. 18092. RAVENNA - Emilia. Chiesa Metropolitana. Trono pastorale o Cattedra di S. Massimiano. (Avorio del VI secolo.)

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