Tombstone of Simonetta and Percivalle Lercari

Foto di

Click here to view image

Titolo dell'opera:

Tombstone of Simonetta and Percivalle Lercari

Ambito culturale:

ambito genovese

Object Type:

gravestone

Epoca:

1259 - 1259 - XIII

Inventario:

MSA 3610

Misure:

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 22.8; Larghezza: 27.3; Profondità: 4.7

Tecnica:

marmo bianco apuano- pittura a tempera

Descrizione:
Gravestone of the brothers Simonetta and Percivalle Lercari, buried on 16 August 1259, from the cemetery of the church and hospice of San Giovanni di Prè. The work, a mixture of sculpture, painting and goldsmithing, refers to the artistic culture in vogue at the time in the Île de France: represented in the form of an illuminated page at the centre of which is a silver plaque in the form of a church front in which the two deceased brothers are kneeling before the Madonna and Child. A small gravestone in the shape of an illuminated page, at the centre of which is a silver plaque in the shape of a church façade, depicting the two deceased brothers kneeling before the Virgin and Child. A rock crystal is set into the top of the plaque. The text, in Latin, features two six-line stanzas in the Genoese vernacular in the final line, appealing to the passer-by’s compassion.