ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF PAULUS VAN VIANEN (1570-1614)SOUTHERN GERMAN OR BOHEMIAN, PRAGUE, FIRST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY | Plaquette with the Holy Family and the Infant Saint John the Baptist

I. Weber, Deutsche, Niederländische und Französische Renaissanceplaketten, 1500-1650, Modelle für Reliefs an Kult-, Prunk und Gebrauchsgegenständen, Munich, 1975, no. 938 (not illustrated)

Overall the condition of the plaquette is good, with minor dirt and wear to the surface consistent with age. There is wear, including some unevenness to the surface, in particular to the edges and to the high points of some of the faces. There is minor warping to the edges. There are three holes to the top of the plaquette.
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