DEVOTIONAL PENDANT, NTRA SRA DE LA PORTERÍA. BRONZE, ENAMEL, ETC. SPANISH SCHOOL, 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES.
Antiques - Miscellaneus / Jewelry
Reference: ZF1556
Devotional pendant; Our Lady of the Gate. Bronze, enamel, glass, etc. Spanish School, 17th and 18th centuries. It has faults. A devotional pendant or confraternity insignia consisting of a frame with a ring at the top, a band with enameled ovals (alternating black and white; this detail is not on the back), and a crest of alternating wavy, straight triangular, and straight triangular rays ending in stars; and two sides. The front features, protected by a sheet of transparent glass, an image of the Immaculate Conception (identified by the inscription as Our Lady of the Gate, it appears to be a print or a hand-painted engraving). The back has an openwork plaque with figurative decoration in black, white, and blue enamels (a monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament, a cross inside, and rays of light emanating outwards, flanked by two palm branches and other elements). Although there are several images dedicated to Our Lady of the Gate, this particular image is inspired by the painting venerated in the Chapel of Our Lady of the Gate at the Convent of Saint Anthony of Padua in Ávila, Spain, donated in 1719 by Friar Luis de San José. This devotional pendant (which sometimes functioned as a reliquary, allowing small objects to be stored between the openwork plaque on the back and the image on the front) is considered by experts to be part of a group of medallions (oval, triangular, octagonal, etc.) made in Spanish workshops (Salamanca, Toledo, overseas, etc.) primarily between 1620 and 1640, but which remained a part of Spanish tradition for a long time. Generally, the iconography they display shows a strong influence from the teachings of the Council of Trent.
· Size: 6,5x0.5x8 cms.
800 €
