Ventes live - Lot 288
[Devotion]
4 devotional images.
18th c
€ 400 / 500
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Description du lot
Brush and watercolour on parchment, heightened with gold, ca. 16 x 12,5 cm.
1. Ambrose with mitre seated on a chair at a desk holding a crosier in his hands. Illuminated by rays of light from heaven where a white pigeon symbolises the presence of God. Next to the chair a beehive, Ambrose being patron saint of beekeepers. - 2. Saint Gregory the Great with triple tiara seated on a chair at a desk holding a sceptre topped by a cross also in the presence of the Holy Spirit. - 3. Augustine with mitre holding a crosier presented with a flame topped heart pierced by an arrow. - 4. Saint Jerome dressed as a cardinal beating his chest with a stone next to a lion.