LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Istrian stone

Measurements:

20.28 in. (51.50 cm.) (height) by 16.14 in. (41.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed: DUCITUR AD TEMPLUM HIESUS SUB LEGE PARENTUM

Literature:

M.L. Vescovi, 'Uno sconosciuto frammento del portale della cattedrale medievale di San Pietro a Bologna, Arte Medievale, VII, 2008, vol. 2, pp. 113-141

Provenance:

Portal of the medieval cathedral of San Pietro, Bologna, until around 1500; Old Hospital Bologna; Sold by the Bargello authorities for relief of the hospital, 1925; The Raoul Tolentino Collection, American Art Association, New York, 8-11 December 1926, lot 724; Dr. Jacob Hirsch; his sale, Adolph Hess AG. and William H. Schwab, Luzern, 7 December 1957, lot 119 (as having come from the Church of S. Stefano in Bologna)