Auction on
19 March 2021 - 11:00 (CET) -
Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
This work, remarkably carved in the thickness of an ivory plaque, shows the death of Saint Francis Xavier. It is neither signed nor attributed, but exemplifies the Baroque movement of the Roman school championed by Pietro da Cortona and Bernini.
Rome, The Death of St. Francis Xavier, carved ivory plaque, low-relief and high-relief, 12.4 x 18.1 x 1.9 cm (4.9 x 7.1 x 0.74 in) Estimate: €20,000/25,000
Rome, The Death of St. Francis Xavier, carved ivory plaque, low-relief and high-relief, 12.4 x 18.1 x 1.9 cm (4.9 x 7.1 x 0.74 in) Estimate: €20,000/25,000
We must probably turn to the north to find the hand that made such brilliant play with high- and very low-reliefs, created balance between the positive and negative spaces, creased the drapes, treated…
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