LIMOGES, MID-16TH CENTURY

Details

AN ENAMEL OF CHRIST ON THE ROAD TO CALVARY
LIMOGES, MID-16TH CENTURY
Within a later ebonized and giltwood frame
10½ in. (27.5 cm.) high, 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) wide; 15¾ in. (40 cm.) high, 13¼ in. (34 cm.) wide overall

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 5 December 1995, lot 52.

Lot Essay

The composition of the present plaque is based on Raphael's altarpiece of the same subject, known as Lo Spasimo di Sicilia (Madrid, Museo del Prado), probably by way of Agostino Veneziano's engraving of the composition dated 1517.

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