Musee du Petit Palais, Avignone, France
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Madonna in Adoration of the Christ Child with Angel Musicians, This image shows the Virgin in adoration of the Christ Child, who lies on a blanket of angels at her feet. Also pictured are two angel musicians flanking Mary, a vase of carnations, rose bushes, and fruit garlands hanging above., 1480-1485
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0645; Public Notes:
Polyptych with Crucifixion, This image shows the crucifixion of Christ in the center panel of this polyptych, with Ss. Peter and John the Baptist to the left; and St. Jerome and St. James Major to the right. Under these panels of full-length view is a predella with saints including St. Francis of Assisi and St. Anthony Abbot, as well as two evangelists in the center and two female saints in habits on the ends. The center panel crucifixion scene also includes angels, an eagle's nest above the cross, the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene and St. John the Apostle., 1400-1410
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0121; Public Notes: Provenance: Musee des Beaux Arts, Digione (1872-1954); Musee Napoleon III (1862-63); collection of G.P. Campana.; There are also inscriptions on St. Jerome and St. Peter's open books, but the inscriptions cannot be determined from this view.
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