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Source Description
This hanging lamp and its companion, no. 54.258, are made in the shape of "mosque lamps" but were unearthed in Padua in Northern Italy. The presence of four angels and a Latin inscription--AVE MARIA GRACIA PLENA DOMINUS... (Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord ...)" suggest that these were not made for the Eastern market but rather for an Italian patron that wished to honor the Virgin Mary as having given birth to the Light of the World while enjoying a touch of the exotic East.
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Document identity
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1068
label
Hanging Lamp
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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1068
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object
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normalized
title
Hanging Lamp
description
This hanging lamp and its companion, no. 54.258, are made in the shape of "mosque lamps" but were unearthed in Padua in Northern Italy. The presence of four angels and a Latin inscription--AVE MARIA GRACIA PLENA DOMINUS... (Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord ...)" suggest that these were not made for the Eastern market but rather for an Italian patron that wished to honor the Virgin Mary as having given birth to the Light of the World while enjoying a touch of the exotic East.
provenance
Church of San Felice, Padua; buried in 1797; unearthed in the house of the Locatelli family, via Cappelli, Padua, 1908; Egidio Indri, Padua, by purchase; Raoul Heilbronner, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase, Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
15th century (Renaissance)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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hanging lamps
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 11 1/16 in. (28.1 cm)Overall1: 11 1/16 x 10 9/16 in. (28.1 x 26.8 cm)Overall2: 10 9/16 in. (26.8 cm)
Source extras
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Renaissance
inscriptions
+ AVE MARIA CRACIA PLENA OM/INVS TCVA BENEDITAT /V IN ...IERIBVS+ This may be a little off ( by comparison with its companion) and needs checking. Joaneath Spicer 5/2012
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bronze
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33562
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none
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2650
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1
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photo
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