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Death of Saint Aemilianus
Spanish (Logroño province, San Millán de la Cogolla)
Medieval (Romanesque)
about 1070
Object Place: San Millán de la Cogolla, Logroño, Spain
Medium/Technique
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 17.3 x 6.6 x 1.1 cm (6 13/16 x 2 5/8 x 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anna Mitchell Richards Fund
Accession Number36.626
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionHalf of a plaque depicting "Death of St. Aemilianus". Within inscribed arch upright figure & recumbent (headless) figure in bed. Above arch winged angel holds small nude figure. Inscription on frame. Left half at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence.
ProvenanceChurch of San Millan de la Cogolla, Spain. 1928, art market. 1936, Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; 1936, sold by Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Co. to the MFA for $9000. (Accession Date: November 5, 1936)