Gilded bronze Baiser de paix depicting the Lamentation at th - Lot 56

Gilded bronze Baiser de paix depicting the Lamentation at the foot of the cross accompanied by the Instruments of the Passion. Architectural frame with arabesque pilasters surmounted by composite capitals, base with frieze of upright acanthus leaves, architrave bearing the inscription IN * TE * DOMINE * SPERAVI (In you, Lord, I have set my hope); leafy handle on back. Beautiful workmanship. Northern Italy, probably Milan, second half of the 15th century H. 17.2 cm - L. 13 cm Inventory numbers on back N°150, 130 and 1127 (minor deformations at corners, handle missing). This is a rare kiss of peace featuring a Lamentation of original composition and rich detail: at the foot of the cross, St. John, the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene contemplate, side by side, Christ's recumbent body; in the background, the cross, surmounted by the Moon and the Sun, is surrounded by the Arma Christi (ladder, Longin's spear, seamless tunic, Judas' kiss, nails, washing of the hands, Holy Sponge, St. Peter's cock on the Flagellation column). Few examples are known of this composition, which corresponds to certain plates found inserted in a frame, as in the collections of the Berlin Museum or the Louvre (inv. OA 2543). Here, apart from the handle, the kiss of peace is cast in one piece.