Miniature On Parchment: St Robert? Benedictin, Arma Christi, 18th Century

Beautiful miniature, monastic work from 18th century, painted by gouache on prepared parchment, featuring a Benedictine Monk in his white robe carrying the INSTRUMENTS OF THE PASSION: Also called Arma christi (arms of Christ). Objects used to make Christ suffer:  crown of thorns, nails,  spear, rods, dice...
Reused frame, gilded, simple, a little split, (photo), 13cm x 10.5cm;
Good condition, some wear.
Thank you Wikipedia for this text: “Small man “lean and slender” subject to illness, and yet a man of action, Robert de Turlande was attracted by the eremitical life: he was the founder in 1043 of the Abbey of La Chaise -Dieu, which very quickly became an important center of the Benedictine order, after the abbey of Cluny. »
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