A silver plaque with Saint Sebastian
A silver plaque with Saint Sebastian
Silver, the front face gilded. Oval relief with a moulded surround depicting the saint bound to a tree, standing with one arm stretched upwards having been shot with five arrows. With further trees on either side. Engraved within an indentation in the surround: “NICOLAVS WAGENER ET MARGARETHA BVRGVNDA CONIVGIS ME DONO DEDERVNT B. M. V. ROSARIO AD PRAEDICATORES AE. W. Ao. 1623”. H 10.6, W 7.3, H with hanging loop 11.6 cm, weight 132 g.
German or Spanish, 1623.
Provenance
Former List collection, Magdeburg, auctioned Hans W. Lange Berlin, March 1939, lot 228.
Literature
Cf. Weber, Deutsche, niederländische und französische Renaissanceplaketten, Munich 1975, no. 1041,1., therein attributed to Spain. Cf. Bergbauer/Chédeau, Images en Relief. La Collection de Plaquettes du Musée National de la Renaissance, Paris 2006, cat. no. 118 ff. Cf. a similar plaque in the Louvre (inv. no. OA 9198).
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A silver plaque with Saint Sebastian
Silver, the front face gilded. Oval relief with a moulded surround depicting the saint bound to a tree, standing with one arm stretched upwards having been shot with five arrows. With further trees on either side. Engraved within an indentation in the surround: “NICOLAVS WAGENER ET MARGARETHA BVRGVNDA CONIVGIS ME DONO DEDERVNT B. M. V. ROSARIO AD PRAEDICATORES AE. W. Ao. 1623”. H 10.6, W 7.3, H with hanging loop 11.6 cm, weight 132 g.
German or Spanish, 1623.
Provenance
Former List collection, Magdeburg, auctioned Hans W. Lange Berlin, March 1939, lot 228.
Literature
Cf. Weber, Deutsche, niederländische und französische Renaissanceplaketten, Munich 1975, no. 1041,1., therein attributed to Spain. Cf. Bergbauer/Chédeau, Images en Relief. La Collection de Plaquettes du Musée National de la Renaissance, Paris 2006, cat. no. 118 ff. Cf. a similar plaque in the Louvre (inv. no. OA 9198).