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Pax with truncated gable (baiser de paix) (Front)

Pax with truncated gable (baiser de paix) (Front)
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Religious. Saints.

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Madrid, Museo Lázaro Galdiano

Inv. 1585

Ivory

Height: 122mm
Width: 83mm
Depth: 4-12mm

Seated saint James the Greater with pilgrim's hat, satchel and staff; throne; book; belt; unidentified coat of arms with a cross combined with a geometric motif; columns.
Crosshatched background.

Lázaro Galdiano 1927: English, 15th century.
Camps Cazorla 1949-1950: modern (?) ('pieza de arte dudoso').
Camón Aznar 1951: English, late 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: Netherlandish, late 15th or early 16th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Curved. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost. Label with the inscription '172'.

Object Condition
Some areas worn and stained.

Provenance
Lázaro collection (from at least 1927).

Bibliography
J. Lázaro Galdiano, La Colección Lázaro (Madrid, 1927), II, p. 433, no. 957.
E. Camps Cazorla, Inventario del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (1949-1950, unpublished).
J. Camón Aznar, Guía abreviada del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (Madrid, 1951), p. 17.


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