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Portable altarpiece

First quarter of 15th Cemtury (ca. 1420)

Portable triptych with very fine inlays in bone, horn and precious wood essences.
These rare specimens were commissioned for private domestic devotion, to pray the sacred representations enclosed between the two externally painted doors.
Work attributed to the Embriachi Workshop of Venice.

Measures: 12,5 x 9,5 in

The work is accompanied with an expertise by Dr. Benedetta Chiesi.

Bibliography:
Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen
33. Bd. (1991), pp. 47-62 (16 pagine)
Editor: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin -- Preußischer Kulturbesitz


“Bottega degli Embriachi, Cofanetti e cassettine tra Gotico e Rinascimento”
Author: Luciana Martini
Editor: Edizioni Brixia
Printed in: Milan
Year of publishing: 2001
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