Lot 17 - PROCESSIONAL CROSS OF THE 14th (14th) CENTURY FROM LOMBARDY, Italy, made on a wooden core covered with bronze plates

Starting price : 7000€

of wood covered with bronze plates

gilded, engraved and embossed.

Around 1400.

The front is decorated with Christ on the cross,

surmounted by the titulus bearing the inscription

INRI “Iesvs Nazarenvs Rex Ivdaeorum”,

as well as four evangelists with their

respective symbols: the eagle for John, the

lion for Mark, the angel for Matthew, and the

bull for Luke.

The reverse is centered on an engraved motif of

God the Father contemplating the dove of

the Holy Spirit, surrounded by foliage motifs,

as well as the portraits of the witnesses of the

Crucifixion, including Mary, John, Mary-

Madeleine, and a winged character evoking

the divine presence.

Origin: Lombardy, Italy.

Materials: wood covered with plastic plates

gilded brass, engraved and embossed.

Dimensions: 62 x 36 x 13 cm.

Condition: Good condition.

Exposure :

Galerie Alexandre Piatti, Paris.

Event “5 Days of the Object

Extraordinary” from Carré Rive Gauche,

Paris.

Origin :

Gaston Louis Vuitton Collection, acquired by

successive descendants, Madam

Masson-Vuitton, granddaughter of the latter.

A document of provenance from Madame

Masson-Vuitton will be included.

A historical document from the Piatti Gallery,

Paris, will be included.
7000/8000€