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IMAGO PIETATIS (Ecce Homo), Lombard-Venetian school, 15th-16th century
Bronze casting pax, brown patina; 133.4 x 80.4 mm; gr 207.7.
Half-figure Christ with nimbus, crown of thorns and rod, emerges from the tomb; behind the shroud. Frame with tympanum and two fluted columns, decorated with friezes and volutes; in the tympanum a cherub; dotted background with IE RO SO LI MA writing. Coeval manufacture of the handle. Ancient casting.
Bibl. Rossi F. coll Scaglia 2011 pp. 112\114 variant E fig. F; Imbert 1941, pp. 43 n 6.
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Plaquettes and Medals from the 14th to the 19th century
Palazzo Caetani Lovatelli, tue 31 October 2023
SINGLE SESSION 31/10/2023 Hours 15:00