*Italy, Guglielmo della Porta (c. 1514-77), The Entombment, bronze-gilt plaquette, Christ’s body placed in the tomb by Nicodemus and the turbaned Joseph of Arimathea, overseen by the Virgin supported by two women with a third looking on; on the right, St John the Evangelist; ruined buildings and vegetation in the background, 153 x 125mm (Warren, Ashmolean, 267; Scaglia VIII.39; Ciechanowieki 437), extremely fine early cast (with red velvet display mount and a renaissance style frame)
Estimate: GBP 1500 - 2000
Price realized | 1'100 GBP |
Starting price | 1'200 GBP |
Estimate | 1'500 GBP |