Plate In Damascus Steel. Attributed To Giovanni Battista Panzeri, Circa 1570.

Plate in damask steel. Attributed to Giovanni Battista Panzeri, circa 1570. A damascened steel plaquette of Christ risen from the tomb with a tympanum of God the Father. Attributed to Giovanni Battista Panzeri, Italian, c.1570. Measures 23 x 14cm. Christ, standing in the tomb, is surrounded by the Virgin and Saint John, the cross and the city of Jerusalem are visible in the background. Above the main plate is a tympanum decorated with God the Father between the sun and the moon and surmounted by a putto head. Both plates are placed in an old wooden frame later blackened with gilt highlights. ORIGIN; Château de Chambord, probably until 1792. Edmond Bonnaffé (1825-1903), Paris, around 1876. its sale; Hotel Drouot, May 4, 1897, lot 218, as Baiser de Paix. Shown in; A. Jacquemart, History of furniture, 1876, p. 439, illustrated.