Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Reliquary Busts of two of the 11,000 Virgins of Cologne
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Reliquary Busts of two of the 11,000 Virgins of Cologne
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Image View:
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Overall view of one of the busts, which act as reliquaries; the jewels are glass paste
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Creator:
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unknown (Italian sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Santa Maria Novella (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazza Santa Maria Novella, 18; Cenacolo
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GPS:
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+43.7746+11.2493
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Date:
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ca. 1370-1399 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
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Work Type 1:
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reliquary
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Work Type 2:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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painted and gilded wood; glass paste
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Technique:
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carving (processes); gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
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Subjects:
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literary or legendary; saints; Ursula, Saint; Sienese
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Description:
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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)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A2-I-F-SMN-RBC-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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