LOT 0351

Medieval Gilt Bronze Processional Cross

15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

20 3/4 in. (920 grams, 52.5 cm).

With wooden core to which the embossed sheets have been attached; the obverse with a central nimbate Corpus Christi, an applied rosette above and to the left arm; an angel to the finial of the upper and lower arm with Mary and St John the Evangelist to the side arms; the reverse with a central figure of Jesus holding the Gospel and making the sign of blessing; each finial of the arm with the symbols of the Evangelists (eagle, angel, lion and ox); the cross resting on a floral sphere with a socket below.

with Adolphe Goumaz, Pully, Switzerland.
Ex private collection.

Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11804-206500.

Cf. Mezzacasa, L.M., ‘Per un corpus di croci astili tra Veneto e Trentino (secoli XIV-XV)’, in Hortus Artium Medievalium, 19 (2013), pp. 433-447, figs.1, 5, 6, 16, 26.

The metal sheets of the cross seem to be 15th century A.D. North Italian work. The four Evangelists are depicted with a human face at the front of the cross, and in animal forms at the reverse.