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| Keywords: Lippo Vanni - Reliquary with Madonna and Child with Saints - Walters 37750.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Lippo Vanni This triptych or three-paneled altarpiece once contained relics in the circular holes of the central section Around the Madonna and Child in the places of honor are Saints Aurea and John the Baptist On the wings Gabriel announces the incarnation of Christ with the words written in Latin on his scroll which translate as the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Almighty shall overshadow thee from the mass sung on the Feast of the Annunciation The unidentified coats of arms are probably those of the donors The delicacy of this work reveals Vanni's debt to Simone Martini For more information on this reliquary please see Zeri catalogue number 26 pp 44-46 between 1350 1359 Medieval tempera tooled gold wood paper and relics Open cm 49 37 45 4 6 19 ; Center panel painted surface cm 22 38 19 84 ; Left wing cm 47 47 11 11 ; Right wing cm 47 78 11 43 accession number 37 750 12489 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date of acquisition unknown by purchase 1900 catalogue supplement no 49 as School of Fra Angelico Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Transcription On central panel below left saint SANCTA AURA; Translation On central panel below left saint Saint Aurea; Transcription On central panel below right saint SANCTUS IOHNES BATTIST; Translation On central panel below right saint Saint John the Baptist; Transcription On left wing under left saint in black paint MAR ; Transcription On left wing under right saint in black paint S DOMINI; SANCTUS DOMINICUS; Translation On left wing under right saint in black paint Saint Dominic; Transcription On left wing in upper register on scroll SPIRITUS SANCTUS ET VENIET IN TE ET VIRTUS ALTISSIMI OBUMBRABIT TIBI; Translation On left wing in upper register on scroll the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Almighty shall overshadow thee Reliquaries and Ritual Medieval Objects of Devotion The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 Treasures of Heaven The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; The British Museum London 2010-2011 The International Style The Arts in Europe Around 1400 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1962 place of origin Siena Italy Walters Art Museum license 3D Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Lippo Vanni Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Madonna and Child | ||||
