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Plaquette

Plaquette

  • Place of origin:

    Spain (made)

  • Date:

    late 16th or early 17th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Museum number:

    A.33-1925

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This plaquette, probably made in the late 16th or early 17th century Spain, represents St. Sebastian pierced by arrows and bound to a tree.

Physical description

Plaquette in gilt brass representing St. Sebastian stripped, pierced by errows and bound to a tree. In the lower corners there are a cuirass and a helmet.

Place of Origin

Spain (made)

Date

late 16th or early 17th century (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Dimensions

Height: 10.3 cm, Width: 7.2 cm

Descriptive line

Plaquette St Sebastian, gilt brass. Spanish late 16th or early 17th century.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Cf. Hill, G. F. The Whitcombe Greene plaquettes The Burlington Magazine. XXX, 1917. p. 110.
Cf. [Sales catalogue] The Rosenheim Collections. Sotheby's, 1923. no. 745.
Cf. La Collection Spitzer. Vol. IV. Paris, 1892. no. 59.
CF. Braun, E. W. Archiv für Medaillen- und Plakettenkunde. III, 1921. no. 4.
Cf. Costilla, Manuel Aullo. Ensayo de un Catálogo de Plaquetas o Bronces Religiosos Españoles. Arte Español. XVI, 1946-7. pl. III:14.
Cf. Weber, Ingrid. Deutsche, Niederländische und Französische Renaissanceplaketten. Herstellung: F. Bruckmann KG, München, 1975. pl. 296. no. 1041, I.

Materials

Gilt-brass

Subjects depicted

Helmet; St. Sebastian; Cuirass

Categories

Christianity; Plaques & Plaquettes

Collection code

SCP

Qr_O313809
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