NORTHERN ITALIAN, CIRCA 1530 AND SOUTHERN NETHERLANDISH OR GERMAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY | MEDALLION WITH A BUST OF CHRIST, SET IN AN ARCHITECTURAL PAX
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NORTHERN ITALIAN, CIRCA 1530 AND SOUTHERN NETHERLANDISH OR GERMAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
MEDALLION WITH A BUST OF CHRIST, SET IN AN ARCHITECTURAL PAX
gilt bronze, on a modern metal stand
the medallion inscribed: EGO SVM VIA VERITAS ET VITA; the pax inscribed: I T D S N C / IN ETERNVM
pax: 25.4 by 14.5cm., 10⅛ by 5¾in.
overall height on stand: 28.5cm., 11¼in.
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Richard von Kauffmann (1849-1908);
his posthumous sale, Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1917, lot 186a;
Lilly von Schnitzler (1889-1981), Frankfurt am Main
Another version of the medallion showing the head of Christ in profile is housed in the British Museum (inv. no. BNK,ItM.1), catalogued as Bologna, circa 1530. The elaborate architectural pax in which it is set, however, appears to have its origin north of the Alps. Incorporating scroll ornaments and caryatid saints, it may possibly follow a design by Cornelis Floris (1514-1575).