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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Reliquary Busts of two of the 11,000 Virgins of Cologne
Image View:
Overall view of one of the busts, which act as reliquaries; the jewels are glass paste
Creator:
unknown (Italian sculptor)
Location:
repository: Santa Maria Novella (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza Santa Maria Novella, 18; Cenacolo
GPS:
43.7746 11.2493
Date:
ca. 1370-1399 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
reliquary
Work Type 2:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
painted and gilded wood; glass paste
Technique:
carving (processes); gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
Subjects:
literary or legendary; saints; Ursula, Saint; Sienese
Description:
Since 1983, the Refectory (Cenacolo) has been used as a museum and as a home for works of art and for sacred furnishings. The unknown sculptor is Sienese. The legend of Ursula and the martyred virgins is based on a 4th- or 5th-century inscription from the Church of St. Ursula, located on Ursulaplatz in Cologne. It states that the ancient basilica had been restored on the site where some holy virgins were killed. Their commemoration was omitted from the General Roman Calendar when it was revised in 1969. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A2-I-F-SMN-RBC-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Reliquary Busts of two of the 11,000 Virgins of Cologne