Mosaic (reproduction)

Museum number:
17-586
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21170000586
Alternate number:
7-415 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Facsimiloid copy of mosaic of Virgin in medieval church by R. Campisi. Copy made by the wet paper squeeze process.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Church of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio, Palermo, Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Virgin in medieval church, Martorana church, Palermo
Maker or artist:
R. Campisi
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1902
Person depicted:
Mary (mother of Jesus)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mosaics (visual works), Paintings (visual works), and Squeezes
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Drawings and paintings
Dimensions:
depth 6.985 centimeters, width 68.58 centimeters, and height 91.44 centimeters
Title:
untitled (Title Subject)
Comment:
Facsimiloid copy of a mural mosaic in the Martorana church in Palermo, Italy made by the wet paper squeeze process.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mosaic (reproduction), accession number 17-586, described as Facsimiloid copy of mosaic of Virgin in medieval church by R. Campisi. Copy made by the wet paper squeeze process.

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