A GRISAILLE AND GILT CRUCIFIXION PLATE
A GRISAILLE AND GILT CRUCIFIXION PLATE

CIRCA 1745

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A GRISAILLE AND GILT CRUCIFIXION PLATE
Circa 1745
Finely painted with the Biblical scene of Christ on the cross between the two thieves, his supporters mourning below and in the foreground the Roman soldiers gambling, all within a border of strapwork, cornucopiae and acanthus and heightened in gilt
9in. (22.8cm.) diam.