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| Keywords: Italian - The Man of Sorrows - Walters 44129.jpg The pax is set with an enameled plaque divided into two subjects below Christ as the Man of Sorrows standing resurrected in the tomb between the Virgin and St John and in front of the instruments of the Passion the cross the lance and the whip In the lunette above appears God the Father wearing the cross-nimbus holding the globe blessing and surrounded by cherubs a composition typical of the paxes of Venice and Padua The frame is original It consists of pilasters decorated with vases of flowers crowned by capitals The lunette framed in a deep molding is set as is the lintel below with cabochons of glass-paste and decorated on its outer edge with a candelabrum at the summit and dolphins flanking acanthus leaves on the sides ca 1500 painted enamels and gold on copper over silver foil glass-pastes cm 17 8 13 accession number 44 129 1132 Seligmann Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1906 place of origin Venice Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance paintings 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 | ||||
