Investiture Certificate of Sister Maria Theresa Baglioni
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.)
Classification
tempera
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
55056
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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...