BRONZE DEVOTIONAL PLAQUE, SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST. 19TH-20TH CENTURIES.

Decorative Antiques -
Reference: Z6494AA

Devotional plaque, Saint John the Baptist. Bronze. 19th-20th centuries. Rectangular devotional plaque depicting a relief of Saint John the Baptist, holding a book with the Lamb and a staff topped with a cross, accompanied by the partially erased legend “NON SV RE XIT MAIOR” (in reference to the text of Matthew alluding to Saint John, “non surrexit inter natos mulierum maior Ioanne Baptista”). This is a very common type of plaque since the 17th century in Spain (compare the two examples in the Lázaro Galdiano Museum in Madrid).

· Size: 7,5x11,5 cms.

60 €


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