Lot 45
45
A RENAISSANCE-STYLE ENAMELLED GOLD PENDANT PLAQUE OF SAINT SEBASTIAN
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A RENAISSANCE-STYLE ENAMELLED GOLD PENDANT PLAQUE OF SAINT SEBASTIAN

CIRCA 1860

Details
A RENAISSANCE-STYLE ENAMELLED GOLD PENDANT PLAQUE OF SAINT SEBASTIAN
Circa 1860
Rectangular in beaded frame, the martyred Saint tied to a column and shot with three arrows, within architectural setting decorated with Classical figures, horses and eagle, with suspension ring, struck with French 19th Century restricted gold warranty mark
35/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high overall
Provenance
As lot 1.
Rothschild inv. no. E.de R.619.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

This pendant is taken directly from a bronze plaquette of Saint Sebastian attributed to the late 15th-early 16th Century North Italian master, Moderno. There are two examples in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (7346-1861 and A 431-1910), described in E. Maclagan, Catalogue of Italian Plaquettes, London, 1924, p. 32.

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