AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1942.564
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Name:
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Gagini, Antonello
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Italian
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1478 - 1536
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Antonello Gagini
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Title:
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Saint Margaret
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 1520-1530
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Creation Start Date:
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1520
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Creation End Date:
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1530
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Materials and Techniques:
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marble
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 139.7cm x 54.6cm x 18.2cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1942.564
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Credit Line:
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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(Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles).
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Context:
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Antonello Gagini was a member of a large family of sculptors whose Palermo workshop supplied monumental religious sculptures for the cathedrals of Palermo, Messina, and Montelione in Calabria. After 1507 Antonello himself worked for 15 years to produce marble sculptures for Palermo Cathedral. This figure of the legendary virgin martyr, Saint Margaret, was probably commissioned for one of these ecclesiastical foundations, possibly the chancel of Palermo Cathedral. The saint is shown reading from a book of hours (a sign of her piety) and trampling upon a dragon, the symbol of Satan. The dragon became the attribute by which she is recognized in sacred art.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1942.564.tif
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