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Forged fifteenth-century Sienese Tavola della Biccherna (tax register binding) [object].

Accession number
PML 196060
Creator
Joni, Icilio Federico.
Published
Siena, [approximately 1890-1900].
Credit line
Gordon Ray Fund,
Description
1 object.
Provenance
Galerie Bassenge (Berlin), Auktion 103, 9 April 2014, lot 1074; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Bassenge, April 2014.
Summary
Forged fifteenth-century Sienese "binding" of two painted boards attached by a leather pseudo-spine. Top board depicts Mary Magdalene (auction description identified as St. Barbara of Nicomedia) and the bottom board has invented, triagular-shaped shields,
Classification
Century
Department