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DOI article:RAFAŁ QUIRINI-POPŁAWSKI: Art in the Genoese Colonies on the Black Sea (in the 13-15th c.)
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Rafał Quirini-Poplawski
23. Genoa, Museo di Sant’Agostino, so called Madonna di Pera
(14th century) from the church of San Antonio di Pre in Genoa;
courtesy Museo di Sant’Agostino
church on 16 December 1461, as part of the action of evacuating the furnishings of the
Latin churches of Pera. Unfortunately, on 14 May 1878, the thieves who sneaked into the
church, destroyed the painting itself and cut up its silver dress. A little later, the parish
priest, Rev. Tommaso Campo-Antico ordered a reconstruction of the painting on the basis
of a photograph which had earlier been commissioned by Societa Ligure di Storia Patria.96
96 Federico ALIZERI, Guida artistica per la citta di Genova, I, Genova 1846, pp. 365-366; BELGRANO, Documenti
riguardanti... (see n. 16), pp. 414-415, tav. V; TAGLIAFERRO, ,,L’‘Eleusa’ di Pera...” (see n. 94), p. 10 (note 8), 23
(fig. 12).
Rafał Quirini-Poplawski
23. Genoa, Museo di Sant’Agostino, so called Madonna di Pera
(14th century) from the church of San Antonio di Pre in Genoa;
courtesy Museo di Sant’Agostino
church on 16 December 1461, as part of the action of evacuating the furnishings of the
Latin churches of Pera. Unfortunately, on 14 May 1878, the thieves who sneaked into the
church, destroyed the painting itself and cut up its silver dress. A little later, the parish
priest, Rev. Tommaso Campo-Antico ordered a reconstruction of the painting on the basis
of a photograph which had earlier been commissioned by Societa Ligure di Storia Patria.96
96 Federico ALIZERI, Guida artistica per la citta di Genova, I, Genova 1846, pp. 365-366; BELGRANO, Documenti
riguardanti... (see n. 16), pp. 414-415, tav. V; TAGLIAFERRO, ,,L’‘Eleusa’ di Pera...” (see n. 94), p. 10 (note 8), 23
(fig. 12).