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LOT 0423
Large Agate Gemstone with the Marriage of the Virgin
ITALY, LATE 17TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (19.61 grams, 54 mm).
Plaque with narrow border enclosing a figural scene with a colonnade and façade flanked by olive trees; central arch with two nimbate and robed figures clasping hands with a third figure behind them wearing a headdress; set in a gold frame with suspension loop; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
Private collection, Europe.
Acquired on the French art market.
Footnotes
The subject is the marriage ceremony between Mary, 'the Virgin', and Joseph.
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