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UncategorizedAugust 30, 2020October 16, 2020

The Paxes of Giovanni Battista Panzeri and his workshop

A survey on rare damascened steel or iron plaquettes for use on paxes. This article is part of a larger future project that will study the art, architecture, function and history of paxes.

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UncategorizedSeptember 8, 2017October 16, 2020

A selection of plaquettes from the Villa Cagnola: Their Function and Meaning

Supplementary essay for an exhibition of plaquettes at the Villa Cagnola library: Il fascino dell’antico nelle placchette in bronzo della Collezione Cagnola (October 2017)

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UncategorizedJuly 16, 2017January 12, 2021

A Group of Gold Repoussé Reliefs attributable to Cesare Targone

A series of impressive gold reliefs currently associated with Antonio Gentili da Faenza are instead suggested as the work of Cesare Targone.

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UncategorizedJuly 16, 2017October 16, 2020

A Renowned Pieta by Jacob Cornelis Cobaert

The most popular devotional image of Christ, ca. 1600, here attributed to Jacob Cornelis Cobaert after a design by Guglielmo della Porta.

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UncategorizedJuly 15, 2017October 16, 2020

St. Agatha of Sicily

Riddick collection No. 61 – Summary of a unique 17th century Sicilian devotional plaque here attributed to a Master of the Fercolo di St. Agatha panels.

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UncategorizedJuly 15, 2017October 16, 2020

Flagellation of Christ

Riddick collection No. 68 – Summary of a rare, early 17th century plaque of the Flagellation after Giuseppe Cesari d’Arpino.

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UncategorizedJuly 15, 2017July 15, 2017

The Dictator Julius Caesar

Riddick collection No. 12 – Summary of a rarely discussed and uncataloged plaquette bust of Caesar probably cast after a Renaissance or Baroque gem.

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UncategorizedJuly 15, 2017July 15, 2017

Gemma Augustea

Riddick collection No. 03 – A unique, modern bronze cast of the famed Gemma Augustea.

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