" Paire de Médaillons " en Bronze - Peintures émaillées sur Cuivre - XVIIIe Siècle

"Pair of Medallions" in Bronze with Paintings on Copper - Eighteenth Century Paintings representing one: King David playing the Lyre "God sends Samuel to give him the royal anointing despite his young age, following a final disobedience Then, David enters the service of Saul and plays him the kinnor, a kind of lyre, to appease his melancholy at having been rejected by God "The other: Saint Veronica" Tradition has given a name to this woman : Véronique... because the legend developed according to which the face of Christ would have remained as if printed on the cloth she had used. This will be the beginning of the story of the shroud of Turin. For a long time we kept this folded linen, leaving only the face of Christ to be seen, "true icon" or representation of the one who gives his life for us "