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Titolo dell'opera:
Tombstone of Simonetta and Percivalle Lercari
Ambito culturale:
ambito genovese
Object Type:
slab
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 dipinto 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.
