Peace Kiss in bronze partly gilded with the Virgin... Lot 44

Peace Kiss in bronze partly gilded with the Virgin and Child in a bust. In a curved niche emerging from a crescent, with her heads haloed, Mary holds the Child closely in her arms in an attitude of tenderness; molded, carved, engraved and openworked frame decorated with pinnacles, trifoliated branches and triangular scroll pediment; molded and S-shaped ribbed grip at the bifid end. Southern Netherlands ?, end of the 15th century Height: 12.6 cm - Width: 10.4 cm (missing pinnacles, small deformations) Origin: old private collection, New York A kiss of peace of the same model is kept at the Renaissance Museum in Ecouen, entirely gilded, the upper part in the shape of a scalloped arched gable (inv. E. Cl. 20005, fig.). Other examples are listed at the Staatliche Museen in Berlin, the Musei Civi in Brescia, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Louvre Museum. Works consulted: B. Bergbauer, C. Chédeau, Images en relief - La collection de plaquettes du musee national de la Renaissance, Cahiers n°6, Paris,2006, p 104.