Tomb Effigy of a Woman
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Tomb Effigy of a Woman
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Published 2019-07-30T12:35:40+00:00
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This woman may have been a wealthy widow who joined a religious order on her husband's death. She wears a loose habit, probably similar to her burial clothes, and the wrinkles around her eyes suggest her age. Full-length effigies of women holding books were popular in Naples, where the relief probably originated.
Summary (V&A):
This woman was probably buried in the dress of a tertiary (a religious woman who has not taken the full vows of a nun) as indicated by her effigy. Funeral monuments for women were popular in 16th century Naples; probably because of the presence of earlier tombs of the royal Angevin women.
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| Date published | 30/07/2019 |
| Complessità | Easy |
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| Title | Tomb Effigy of a Woman |
| Date | 1500-30 |
| Dimension | Height: 35 cm, Width: 71.2 cm, Depth: 187.2 cm |
| Accession | 7388-1861 |
| Period | Early Renaissance |
| Medium | Marble |
| Credit | Purchased in Naples, for 6 lire 4 soldi 5 denari from an unnamed mason in 1860. |
| Record | https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O127345/sepulchral-effigy-of-a-lady-relief-unknown/ |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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