Italy, probably Venetian, The Pietà, bronze-gilt pax, late 15th- early 16th century, the Virgin holding Christ's Body in front of the Cross flanked by the spear and the holy sponge and cast separately to the architectural frame with cherubs surmounting the columns and another within the pediment; the Pietà 65 x 49mm and with lug on reverse for fitment within the frame; the frame itself 156mm x 88mm (cf. Kress 294 and fig. 283 for Pietà and Scaglia XIV, 3 for frame; cf. Molinier 435; Morgenroth 325-6; Bange (1923) pl. 3, 7131), very fine and with original stand attached to the reverse
(1000-1500 GBP)