Lot Essay
It is likely that the present frame was designed to hold a corpus.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A POLYCHROME AND GILT-WOOD ARMORIAL TRIPTYCH FRAME
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A POLYCHROME AND GILT-WOOD ARMORIAL TRIPTYCH FRAME
SPANISH, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Of architectural form, the central panel lined in red velvet, the interior of the wings with a crowned abbess on the left and God the Father above the Madonna standing on a crescent moon at the right, the exterior with an abbess holding a model of a church and with Saint Peter holding a key, the arms of ..... above each figure (polychrome flaking, minor worming, back reinforced) ----- 31½in. (80cm.) high, 55in. (139.7cm.) wide opened
SPANISH, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Of architectural form, the central panel lined in red velvet, the interior of the wings with a crowned abbess on the left and God the Father above the Madonna standing on a crescent moon at the right, the exterior with an abbess holding a model of a church and with Saint Peter holding a key, the arms of ..... above each figure (polychrome flaking, minor worming, back reinforced) ----- 31½in. (80cm.) high, 55in. (139.7cm.) wide opened