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Head of an Angel
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Venetian, after 1480 M arble, H . 73/4 " (.197 rn.) Perhaps the head purchased from Antonio Carrer, Venice, 1897 The head was broken off below the neck. The hair on top and back of the head is in very low relief, and deeper with drill holes on the sides and forehead . The head presumably was made for a tomb or altarpiece figure. An indication of the style is provided by the two standing pages with shields, formerly on the tomb of Giovanni Erno in the church of S. Maria dei Servi, Venice and now in the Louvre (Paoletti, p. 150, figs . 20-21) . These are by Antonio Rizzo (d. 1499/ 1500) and dated after 1483.
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Entombment of Christ
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Ca. 1483-87 Giovanni Minelli (Paduan, ca. 1460-1527) Polychrorned terracotta, Entombment group : H . 36" , W. 45" , D. 5" (.915 x 1.145 x .125 rn.) ; single figure : H. 41", W . 18" , D. 71/2" (1.04 x .46 x .19 rn.) Formerly in the church of S. Agostino, Padua, until its demolition in 1829; in the private chapel of Count Schio, Costozza, 1840; acquired by Emilio Costantini, Florence, 1897, who sold it to Mrs. Gardner within the year, through Bernard Berenson, as the work of Bartolornrneo Bellano The figures are in three-quarter relief; the back of the half-length Entombment group is flat, that 134
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