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| Keywords: Italian - Christ in the Tomb - Walters 44125.jpg This copper gilt pax is set with a rectangular plaque of copper enameled with a representation of the Pieta In the scene the dead body of Christ is supported in half-upright position in the tomb by the Virgin and St John surrounded by the weeping Magdalene Joseph of Arimathea Nicodemus and another figure half concealed by the border on the left Behind the Pieta the cross looms before a star-spangled sky The tomb a marble sarcophagus is ornamented with three discs of porphyry the central one inscribed in gilding IHS The composition derives essentially from a bronze plaque after Moderno of which there is an excellent example in an early state at our institution Walters 54 69 early Other date century 16 painted enamels and gold on copper gilt Pax cm 19 10 2 ; Plaque cm 7 4 9 accession number 44 125 16270 Seligmann Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1906 Transcription IHS Transcription VNVS DEVS VNA FIDES place of origin Venice Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Pax tablets | ||||
