Spanish
Circa 1600
Cast bronze
Height 3 7/8" (9.8 cm) x Width 2 3/8" (6 cm) each; sold as a pair
Provenance: Private collection, Show Low, AZ
Literature: I. Weber, Deutsche Niederlandische und Franzosische Renaissanceplaketten 1500 bis 1650, Munich, 1975, p. 410
This pair of cast bronze devotional plaquettes dates to circa 1600 and depicts two religious subjects characteristic of Spanish Counter-Reformation piety: the left plaque shows the Holy Family with the Madonna and Child, and the right a standing saint with a cross, likely a Franciscan or Dominican figure. Plaquettes of this type were produced in significant numbers in Spain and the Spanish Netherlands during the 16th and 17th centuries for private devotional use, their small scale and durable bronze medium making them suitable for travel altars, domestic shrines, and personal prayer. For closely related examples, see I. Weber's standard catalogue of Renaissance plaquettes from the German, Netherlandish, and French traditions.
The relief modeling on both plaques is accomplished, with the figures rendered in a confident low relief that conveys volume and drapery clearly within the compact format. Each plaquette retains a hanging loop at the top, indicating use as suspended devotional objects rather than as inlaid or mounted decorative elements. The pair comes from a private collection in Show Low, Arizona.
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Spanish
Circa 1600
Cast bronze
Height 3 7/8" (9.8 cm) x Width 2 3/8" (6 cm) each; sold as a pair
Provenance: Private collection, Show Low, AZ
Literature: I. Weber, Deutsche Niederlandische und Franzosische Renaissanceplaketten 1500 bis 1650, Munich, 1975, p. 410
This pair of cast bronze devotional plaquettes dates to circa 1600 and depicts two religious subjects characteristic of Spanish Counter-Reformation piety: the left plaque shows the Holy Family with the Madonna and Child, and the right a standing saint with a cross, likely a Franciscan or Dominican figure. Plaquettes of this type were produced in significant numbers in Spain and the Spanish Netherlands during the 16th and 17th centuries for private devotional use, their small scale and durable bronze medium making them suitable for travel altars, domestic shrines, and personal prayer. For closely related examples, see I. Weber's standard catalogue of Renaissance plaquettes from the German, Netherlandish, and French traditions.
The relief modeling on both plaques is accomplished, with the figures rendered in a confident low relief that conveys volume and drapery clearly within the compact format. Each plaquette retains a hanging loop at the top, indicating use as suspended devotional objects rather than as inlaid or mounted decorative elements. The pair comes from a private collection in Show Low, Arizona.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
