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Exhibition Review
Ritratti d’oro e d’argento: Reliquari medievali in Piemonte, Valle d’Aosta, Svizzera e Savoia
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1143-1145
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Reviewer:
Kennedy, Kirstin (Kennedy, Kirstin)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy / Museo del Tesoro della Cattedrale, Aosta, Italy
places:
Piedmont
subjects:
Busts / Reliquaries / Saints / Medieval art / Metalwork
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Ritratti d’oro e d’argento: Reliquari medievali in Piemonte, Valle d’Aosta, Svizzera e Savoia Edited by Simonetta Castronovo and Viviana Maria Vallet. 159 pp. incl. 142 col. ills. (L’Artistica Editrice, Savigliano, 2021), €20. ISBN 978–88–7320–447–3. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
4. Reliquary busts of St Ruffino (left) and St Venanzio (right), by an unidentified Lombard goldsmith. Mid- 15th century. Tin/lead alloy, raised, chased, engraved and gilded, 43 by 52 by 19 cm. (St Ruffino) and 41 by 52 by 19 cm. (St Venanzio) (Oratorio della Madonna Addolorata, Sarezzano; © Museo Diocesano di Tortona).
Western art unattributed:
5. Reliquary bust of St Gratus of Aosta. Possibly Geneva or Chambéry, 1432. Silver, partly painted and gilded, set with semi-precious stones, pearls and coloured glass, 68 by 51.5 by 28.5 cm. (Museo del Tesoro della Cattedrale, Aosta).