Workshop of Vincenzo Grandi (1493-1577) and Gian Girolamo Grandi (1508-60), The Dead Christ with Four Angels, bronze-gilt silhouetted plaquette, two angels lower the body of Christ into the sarcophagus; two further angels in the background; incised scroll-work on edge of sarcophagus, 94.3 x 116.8mm (Molinier 73; Bange 353; Kress 344; Warren, Ashmolean, 276), four broken-off lugs on reverse, base with file marks and remnants of solder, some wear to the gilding, a very fine contemporary cast Provenance: John R. Gaines collection.This plaquette type used to be given to the second half of the 15th century but the more recent attribution to the Grandi brothers' workshop, c. 1530-50 is noted by Warren, Ashmolean, pp. 816-7.

Estimate: GBP 3000 - 4000