Sale 9214
New York
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29 September 1999
Price realised
USD 4,600
Estimate
AN ITALIAN MARBLE RELIEF 15th Century With a monk standing at left holding his flaming heart out to three more monks who offer their own flaming hearts, below the inscription CASTO VRO LUMINE, the kneeling monk with a banderall issuing from his lips inscribed upside down LVCET TVIE AMOR, with a later black marble and ebonised wood stand 15in. (39.5cm.) high, 15in. (39.5cm.) wide, 10in. (26.5cm.) deep overall
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The flaming heart, a symbol of charity and of religious fervour, is an attribute of both the early church father Saint Augustine and of the Franciscan Saint Antony of Padua.
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