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| Marnhull Orphery |
Following on from comments on my tour of the V&A's Hidden Black Presence I did write to the V&A about the errors I'd spotted and my recommendations for some changes (you can download the papers by selecting their link below or click on its image above).
- Marnhull Orphery - Not Simon of Cyrene as stated in catalogue entry and St Peter's extra attribute.
- Tilman Riemenschneider's St Maurice - needs a photograph of the original black St Maurice to bring the work to life.
At the time of writing but I do know the St Maurice has been passed to the right department while I've yet to hear back on the Marnhull.
I've had a very positive reply from the V&A on my comments on the Marnhull Orphrey:
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for your email, which was passed on to me. One of my colleagues attended your gallery talk, and had already let me know of your observation on the mis-attribution to Simon of Cyrene, suggesting we should make the change you recommended. I completely agree with your point, and had updated our database accordingly; this correction will go live when the website is next refreshed. Your observation about St Peter's attributes is also helpful, and I will incorporate.
Couldn't have hoped for a better outcome, I'm delighted, now let's see what they do about St Maurice.....