The Artist's Signature, the Vasari Myths and Wolvinus magister phaber

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_1303
dc.title	The Artist's Signature, the Vasari Myths and Wolvinus magister phaber
dc.contributor.author	Foletti Ivan
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/venezia-arti/2017/1/la-firma-dartista-i-miti-vasariani-e-wolvinus-magi/
dc.description.abstract	The golden altar of the Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio in Milan, dated to the years of Angilbert II (824-59), is adorned with a figure designated as Wolvinius magister phaber. For years, this representation was considered the proud signature of the master directing the workshop responsible for creating this wonderful object. Marco Petoletti qualified such conclusions: in contemporary sources, the golden altar is presented as a sort of ark of the covenant. The name of the ark’s creator, Bezalel, is known. Naming the person directing the material execution of the altar then meant giving him a biblical value. In the biblical text another artisan is however mentioned, Ooliab. Should we then imagine that they are both “represented” with the feature of Angilbertus and Volvinus?
dc.relation.ispartof	Venezia Arti
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 26 \| December 2017
dc.issued	2017-12-20
dc.dateSubmitted	2017-07-13
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-2720
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2385-2720/VA-26-17-2
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Angilbertus
dc.subject	Angilbertus
dc.subject	Golden Altar
dc.subject	Golden Altar
dc.subject	Iconology
dc.subject	Iconology
dc.subject	Invention of the Artist
dc.subject	Invention of the Artist
dc.subject	Volvinus
dc.subject	Volvinus

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The Artist's Signature, the Vasari Myths and Wolvinus magister phaber

Ivan Foletti Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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The golden altar of the Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio in Milan, dated to the years of Angilbert II (824-59), is adorned with a figure designated as Wolvinius magister phaber. For years, this representation was considered the proud signature of the master directing the workshop responsible for creating this wonderful object. Marco Petoletti qualified such conclusions: in contemporary sources, the golden altar is presented as a sort of ark of the covenant. The name of the ark’s creator, Bezalel, is known. Naming the person directing the material execution of the altar then meant giving him a biblical value. In the biblical text another artisan is however mentioned, Ooliab. Should we then imagine that they are both “represented” with the feature of Angilbertus and Volvinus?

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Dec. 20, 2017

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July 13, 2017

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Keywords: Angilbertus • Golden Altar • Iconology • Volvinus • Invention of the Artist

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