Artist Unknown
Italy
Investiture Certificate of Sister Maria Theresa Baglioni
INV-5505
Artist Unknown
ItalyJune 5, 1717
Investiture Certificate of Sister Maria Theresa Baglioni
Artist Unknown Italy →temperadrawings (visual works)
Date
June 5, 1717
Medium
Manuscript cutting in opaque and translucent water-based paint and metalic paint over traces of black chalk on parchment
Dimensions
35 × 48.9 cm (13 13/16 × 19 5/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Charles Deering Collection
This elaborate illuminated manuscript page marked Maria Theresa Baglioni’s investiture as a nun in the Augustinian convent of Santa Marta in Venice in 1717. During the ceremony, in addition to renouncing all property and vowing to live in abstinence until death, she likely recited the standard ritualistic formula of promises of obedience to God, the pope, and Saint Augustine, which are reproduced on the illusionistic scroll at the center of this parchment sheet. Augustine and the Virgin Mary are seen at the upper left and center, respectively, while the abbey’s patron saint, Saint Martha, tamed dragon in tow, appears at the lower left.
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