PAX OR PAX BOARD. BRONZE. 16TH CENTURY.

Peace holder. Bronze. Century XVI. Peace holder made of bronze with an asymmetrical “ese” handle on the back, which presents on the front a decoration in light relief framed in an architectural composition decorated with elements of classical influence (venera de finial, plant elements in the upper area, columns with shafts decorated, architrave, basement with semicircular arches...), which has a heraldic shield in the center of the lower area. Under a winged angel's head, the central theme of the peace holder is presented: Weeping over the body of the dead Christ, with the cross in the background, Mary with Christ, flanked by two figures. The heraldic shield is very similar to that of the House of Mendoza used by Íñigo López de Mendoza y de la Vega, I Marquis of Santillana, and progenitor and head of the Ducal House of Infantado (which also presents it).

· Size: 7,5x4x12 cms.