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Title: | New insights into the painted crucifix attributed to Antonio de Saliba, in the V&A Museum, London |
Authors: | Vella, Charlene |
Keywords: | de Saliba, Antonio, 1466-1535 Crosses in art Christian art and symbolism Idols and images |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Citation: | Vella, C. (2021). New insights into the painted crucifix attributed to Antonio de Saliba, in the V&A Museum, London. The Antiquaries Journal, 101, 269-300. |
Abstract: | The V&A is home to a painted crucifix that has been attributed to the Sicilian master, Antonio de Saliba (c 1466/7–c 1535), who was active in Venice and eastern Sicily during the Renaissance. This paper takes a fresh look at the documentary sources that were published before the devastating earthquake that struckMessina, in the north west of Sicily, in 1908. In re-examining these sources, this paper reveals new insights into Antonio de Saliba’s oeuvre and enables a possible identification of the V&A’s painted crucifix with a specific contractual agreement that links this crucifix’s commission to the artist – specifically with a commission de Saliba received in 1508 from Limina, a small town in the province of Messina. The roots of this provincial commission would explain the persistence of a retardataire production visible in this early sixteenth-century painted crucifix. This paper also challenges the preconceived idea that such painted crucifixes were destined to be displayed high up in a church, on a tramezzo or beam. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/99737 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtHa |
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