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LOT 0356
Renaissance Illuminated Souflet Panel with Saint Nicholas
NORTHERN FRANCE, CHAMPAGNE, TROYES, CIRCA 1530 A.D.
39 1/4 x 31 3/4 in. (33.5 kg total, 100.5 x 80.5 cm including frame).
Rectangular framed souflet reveal with inset stained glass depicting St. Nicholas standing wearing episcopal robes and mitre and holding a golden crozier beside a tub with three nude male infants; with integral backlight and 12V DC transformer and three-pin plug. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Neil Phillips Stained Glass Ltd, 2018.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12550-230648.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Footnotes
The scene depicts St. Nicholas and the three children whom he saved from death. Tradition has it that three boys were playing in a field during the harvest. They wandered into the city and were soon lost, so they stopped at a butcher's premises to ask for food and a place to sleep. The butcher murdered them and kept their remains salted in a barrel. Some time later, Saint Nicholas visited the premises and commanded the butcher to open the large salting tub where the bodies still lay. Saint Nicholas said “Rise up, children!” and thus he miraculously resurrected the boys.
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LOT 0356
Renaissance Illuminated Souflet Panel with Saint Nicholas
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
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