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An Italian Marble relief late 15th/early 16th century
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- overall height 15 1/8 in.; width 13 3/4 in.
- (38.7cm; 34.9cm)
with a monk standing at the left holding his flaming heart before three monks to the right, inscribed below CAST VRO LUMINE and on a banderole LVCET TVIE AMOR, upon later black marble stand.
Provenance
The Estate of Harold and Lisbeth Weill, sold, Christie's, New York, September 29, 1999, lot 66
Catalogue Note
The flaming heart, a symbol of charity and of religious fervour, is an attribute of both Saint Augustine and of Saint Anthony of Padua.