Medieval Iron Artefact Group

The weeping Virgin with her head bowed to the left and hands raised to her chest on a dotted gilt background, an expression of pain on her delicately formed face; wearing a white veil and a black long-sleeved robe, the veil arranged as a headdress and covering her hair; on wood and mounted in a later carved wooden architectural frame. 5.1 kg, 71 cm

Good state of conservation, despite the small damage to the painting visible on the right shoulder of the Virgin.

with Duran Arte y Subastas, 17 September 2015, lot 72. Ex central London gallery. 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 number no.11750-202070.

The painting represents the Virgin Mary Dolorosa or Our Lady of Seven Sorrows: a classic representation of the suffering experienced by the Virgin during the passion of Jesus Christ.

Of heater-shaped form, plano-convex with suspension loop; remains of blue and red enamelling; reserved royal arms of England (gules three lions passant gardant or) with azure label cadency mark. 8.85 grams, 35 mm



Found near Kettering, 2000s. Property of a Skegness gentleman.

Of quatrefoil form with loop, one face displaying crossed keys and mitre(?); the other showing a gryllus reserved on a red enamelled field. 10.7 grams, 41 mm



Found UK. Acquired on the UK art market after 2000. Ex Stratford collection, Suffolk, UK.