Furniture & Works of Art - 1st July 2015

Lot 120

A pair of silk and nué work ecclesiastical panels

Estimate £1,200 - £1,800 | Hammer £1100

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Description

A pair of silk and nué work ecclesiastical panels, each worked with appliqué on a golden ground with scrolling foliage around a central religious panel of the Virgin and of a hermit possibly St. Anthony of Padua, Italian or Spanish, late 16th / early 17th century, 58.5 x 83.5cm, each in a later glazed gilt frame. (2)

For a similar set of four panels see Sotheby's, European Sculpture & Works of Art 900-1900, Wednesday 9th April 2003, lot 13.