Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . with a square knop jeweled on all sideswith quatrefoil-shaped medallions enameled in colors. On twosides of the stem are four square miniatures, engraved andenameled, of scenes in the life of St. Francis of Assisi and onthe other two sides figures of the four Evangelists.The quatrefoil foot is of copper, with a molded rim embossedround the edge with a border of quatrefoils. The sides of thereliquary are engraved in a pattern of quatrefoil
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Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . with a square knop jeweled on all sideswith quatrefoil-shaped medallions enameled in colors. On twosides of the stem are four square miniatures, engraved andenameled, of scenes in the life of St. Francis of Assisi and onthe other two sides figures of the four Evangelists.The quatrefoil foot is of copper, with a molded rim embossedround the edge with a border of quatrefoils. The sides of thereliquary are engraved in a pattern of quatrefoiled interlace-ments and sacred roses. The back is closed by two hinged doorson which are painted, by Duccio di Buoninsegna (1280-1340), figures of the Virgin and the Angel Gabriel representing theAnnunciation. Height, J) inches.(Illustrated) Note: Duccio, painter of the celebrated altarpiece in the Cathedralof Siena, who is said to have been born in 1280 and to have died in 1340, was the firsl of the Sienese painters to abandon the Byzantine man-ner, though, as evidenced in this instance, traces of its formality andconventionalism persisted in lus work.. No. 83. Thirteenth Century Sienese Gilt Copper Reliquary 84—Sixteenth Century Italian Bronze Statuette, A Kivkk-0 God {By II Tribolo: 1500-1565) /^v-^^t. /^^ % Reclining figure of an old man, with long beard, resting upona rocky base and supporting himself with one arm, the otherclasping an urn, wreathed with water grasses, the open mouthof which is pointing downwards. The figure is an allegoricalrepresentation of the source of a river. On a bronze base sup-ported by four lions paws. Exceptionally fine patina. Mod-eled by Xiccolo Pericoli (Known as II Tribolo). Height, 1!) , inches. Illustrated in Professor Venturis Catalogue of the Stroganoff Col-lection. {Illustrated) Note: This striking example of tlu- work of II Tribolo, pupil ofSansovino and fellow-worker with Michael Angelo, was one of themost important pieces in the colle