A Wider Trecento Visualising the Middle Ages Edited by Eva Frojmovic, University of Leeds (UK) Editorial Board Madeline H. Caviness, Tufts University (USA) Catherine Harding, University of Victoria (Canada) Diane Wolfthal, Rice University (USA) VOLUME 5 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.nl/vma A Wider Trecento Studies in 13th- and 14th-Century European Art Presented to Julian Gardner Edited by Louise Bourdua Robert Gibbs LEIDEN • BOSTON 2012 Cover illustration: Simone dei Crocefissi,Urban V, tempera on panel (1.97 × 0.625 m), Bologna. With kind permission of the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna. Frontispiece: Julian Gardner. Photograph © Richard Morris. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A wider Trecento : studies in 13th- and 14th-century European art presented to Julian Gardner / edited by Louise Bourdua, Robert Gibbs. p. cm. — (Visualising the Middle Ages ; v. 5) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-21076-9 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Art, European—14th century. 2. Gardner, Julian. I. Gardner, Julian. II. Bourdua, Louise, 1962- III. Gibbs, Robert. IV. Title: Studies in 13th- and 14th-century European art presented to Julian Gardner. N6310.W53 2012 709.02’3—dc23 2011037007 ISSN 1874-0448 ISBN 978 90 04 21076 9 Copyright 2012 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Global Oriental, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. contents v CONTENTS List of Contributors vii List of Plates, Figures and Illustrations ix Julian Gardner xiv Serena Romano Bibliography of Julian Gardner’s Published Works xxiii Joanne Anderson Introduction 1 Louise Bourdua and Robert Gibbs 1. Signifying Absence: Experiencing Monochrome Imagery in Medieval Painting 5 Jill Bain 2 A Possible Colonna Family Stemma in the Church of Santa Prassede, Rome 21 John Osborne 3. Small Worlds: The Orbs in the Westminster Retable and the Wilton Diptych 31 Dillian Gordon 4 Duccio and Devotion to the Virgin’s Foot in Early Sienese Painting 39 Joanna Cannon 5 A Royal Gift from Paris to Assisi: The Evolution of Design and Iconography circa 1300 62 Virginia Glenn 6 TheO riginal Setting and Historical Context of the Fourteenth- Century ‘Anthropomorphic Trinity’ of the Museo di Roma at Palazzo Braschi 83 Claudia Bolgia vi contents 7. Patronising Poverty: Devotional Imagery and the Franciscan Spirituals in Romagna and the Marche 99 Jill Farquhar 8 Celebrating the Scholar and Teacher: The Tomb of Thomas Gallus at Sant’Andrea in Vercelli (Mid 14th Century) 117 Martina Schilling 9. Bartolomeo and Jacopino da Reggio’s Brera Triptych: A Possible Source for Its Provenance 144 Roberto Cobianchi 10 The Look of Love 154 Anne Dunlop 11 Bologna and the Popes: Simone dei Crocefissi’s Portraits of Urban V 166 Robert Gibbs 12. Some Pilgrimage Sources for Altichiero 190 Louise Bourdua Index 201 contents vii liST OF CONTRIBUTORS Serena Romano Professeur ordinaire, Histoire de l’art, Université de Lausanne All following/other contributors are former students of Julian Gardner Jill Bain Art History Instructor, University College of the Fraser Valley, British Columbia Claudia Bolgia Lecturer in History of Art, University of Edin- burgh Louise Bourdua Reader in History of Art, University of Warwick Joanna Cannon Reader in History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art Roberto Cobianchi Ricercatore, Dipartimento di Storia dell’arte, Università di Messina Anne Dunlop Associate Professor of Art History, Tulane University Jill Farquhar The Open University Robert Gibbs Professor of Pre-Humanist Art History, Uni- versity of Glasgow Virginia Glenn formerly Deputy Keeper of Decorative Arts, National Museums of Scotland Dillian Gordon formerly Curator of Early Italian Paintings, National Gallery, London John Osborne Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa Martina Schilling Lecturer, Department of History of Art, Freie Universität, Berlin list of plates, figures and illustrations ix LIST OF PlaTES, FigurES AND IlluSTraTIONS 1 1 Dado of the crypt of the cathedral of Aquileia: warrior and knight, late 12th century, fresco 9 1 2 Dado of Santa Maria, Summaga: Desperacio, late 12th century, fresco 11 1 3 Dado of Santa Maria, Summaga: Tem[perantia], late 12th century, fresco 11 1 4 Giotto, Arena Chapel, Padua: detail of dado on north wall, c 1305, fresco 12 1 5 Decorative schema of the Chapterhouse of Santa Maria di Pomposa, early 14th century 15 1 6 Detail of the north (and east) wall of the Chapterhouse of Santa Maria di Pomposa: Zechariah and John the Baptist are the second and third figures pictured on the north wall, early 14th century, fresco 16 1 7 Hubert and Jan van Eyck, Ghent altarpiece, Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, 1432 19 2 1 Marble panel, c 817–824, Santa Prassede Rome 22 3 1 The Westminster Retable, c 1268, linseed oil on oak (95 9 × 333 0 cm), Westminster Abbey 32 3 2 Detail of the orb held by Christ in the Westminster Retable, c 1268, linseed oil on oak 32 3 3 The Wilton Diptych, c 1395–99, egg tempera on oak (each wing 47 5 × 29 2 cm), National Gallery, London 36 3 4 Detail of the orb at the top of the standard in the Wilton Diptych, c 1395–99, egg tempera on oak, National Gallery, London 36 4 1 Attributed to Duccio di Buoninsegna, Madonna dei Francescani (detail), c 1280–90, tempera on panel (24 × 17 cm), Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, inv no 20 40 4 2 Duccio di Buoninsegna, Madonna ‘Rucellai’ (detail), 1285, tempera on panel (450 × 293 cm), from s Maria Novella, Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence 41 x list of plates, figures and illustrations 4 3 Pope Benedict XI Grants a Plenary Indulgence to the Domi­ nicans of Perugia, Liber indulgentiae ordinis fratrum prae­ dicatorum de Perusio, 1343, Perugia, Biblioteca Augusta, MS 975, fol 1v 44 4 4 Pope Pascal I Kneels before the Virgin and Child Enthroned Surrounded by Angels, 9th century, apse mosaic (detail), s Maria in Domnica, Rome 45 4 5 Attributed to Duccio di Buoninsegna, Madonna dei Francescani, c 1280–90, tempera on panel (24 × 17 cm), Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, inv no 20 46 4 6 Coppo di Marcovaldo, Madonna ‘del Bordone’, 1261, tem- pera on panel (220 × 125 cm), s Maria dei Servi, Siena 48 4 7 The Orthodox Nun Theotime before the Virgin and Child, psalter, Byzantine, c 1274 (15 × 10 5 cm), Sinai, Monastery of St Catherine, MS Gr 61, fol 256v 49 4 8 Circle of Biduino (?), Virgin and Child Enthroned with Kneeling Supplicant, second half of the 12th century, Virgin’s head replaced in 14th century, marble (130 × 46 × 37 cm), from the façade of the former oratory of the Madonnina at Porta San Pietro, Lucca, Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi, Lucca 54 4 9 Circle of Duccio (Maestro di Città di Castello?), Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels and Supplicant, central panel of tabernacle, c 1290–1300, tempera on panel (approx 36 [central panel] × 43 [when open] cm), before restoration, Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford 55 4 10. Nicola Pisano, associates and assistants, Virgin and Child and Adoration of the Magi (detail), pulpit, 1266–68, marble, Cathedral, Siena 58 4 11 Attributed to Ugolino da Siena, Virgin and Child and Four Saints (detail), polyptych, tempera on panel, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, inv no 39 59 4 12 Duccio di Buoninsegna, Virgin and Child Enthroned (detail from the Maestà), c 1308–11, tempera on panel, from the Cathedral of Siena, Museo dell’Opera della Metro politana, Siena 60 4 13 Workshop of Duccio di Buoninsegna (?), fragmentary Maestà (detail of the front face), tempera on panel, Cathedral of s Cerbone, Massa Marittima 60 list of plates, figures and illustrations xi 5 1 Probably Paris, c 1300, Reliquiario della Veste Inconsutile, façade, silver gilt (width 27 5 cm, depth 12 2 cm, height 29 2 cm), Museo-Tesoro della Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi 63 5 2 Probably Paris, c 1300, Reliquiario della Veste Inconsutile, rear façade (width 27 5 cm, depth 12 2 cm, height 29 2 cm), Museo Tesoro della Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi 65 5 3 Paris 1286, Herkenrode Monstrance, silver gilt (width 15 5 cm, height 44 5 cm), Cathedral of Saint-Quentin and Notre-Dame, on loan to Musée Stellingwerff-Waerdenhof, Hasselt 66 5 4 Paris 1286, Decoration beneath the Lantern, detail of Herken rode Monstrance, silver gilt, Cathedral of Saint- Quentin and Notre-Dame, on loan to Musée Stellingwerff- Waerdenhof, Hasselt 68 5 5 Probably Paris, c 1300, St Clare with Agnes and Beatrice at Her Feet, and St Francis with Ortolana, Mother of Clare, at His Feet, details, Reliquiario della Veste Inconsutile, facade, silver gilt (width 27 5 cm, depth 12 2 cm, height 29 2 cm), Museo-Tesoro della Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi 72 6 1 Rome, Museo di Roma at Palazzo Braschi, Deposito, Anthro­­pomorphic Trinity, detached fresco on cadorite support, mid-14th century 84 6 2 Rome, San Marco, apse mosaic, Trinitarian Imagery, 828–29 88 6 3 Florence, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Sant’Anna Met­ terza, c 1340–50, probably