THE PLAQUE PROBABLY FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY, THE FRAME PROBABLY BY REINHOLD VASTERS, AACHEN, CIRCA 1870

細節

A GOTHIC-STYLE ENAMELLED GOLD PLAQUE
The plaque probably first half of the 19th Century, the frame probably by Reinhold Vasters, Aachen, circa 1870
The rectangular plaque basse taille enamelled in colours with central scene of The Crucifixion with the Instruments of the Passion and flanked by the Virgin and Child and Saint George and the Dragon, the lower register with Saint Catherine, Saint Christopher with the Christ Child, Saint Stephen and Saint Barbara, with the kneeling figure of the donor in the centre, the upper register with the Angel of the Annunciation and the Virgin either side of God the Father, in Spanish style pierced rectangular frame, with suspension loop
2½ in. (8.8 cm.) high overall

來源

As lot 1.
Rothschild inv. no(s). not known.

注意事項

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拍品專文

Although it does not appear to fit into any known school, the plaque is closest in style to Flemish work of the first half of the 15th Century. However, the crowded appearance of the scenes on the plaque and the placing of the Annunciation either side of the Crucifixion is unusual. The old repairs to the enamel and the fact that the frame and plaque have clearly not been designed as an entity suggests that the plaque probably dates from an earlier date in the 19th Century than the frame.