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Lot 91 Dα

A Baroque silver cross

Auction 1182 - overview Cologne
15.07.2021, 11:00 - The Exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection
Estimate: 12.000 € - 15.000 €
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A Baroque silver cross

The corpus made from carved oak with remnants of older polychromy mounted with a cartouche shaped relief on the plinth. The front with a finely chased depiction of the Veil of Veronica amid scrollwork and acanthus. The crucifix, mounted upon the plinth behind the skull of Adam, with moulded beams. The detailed cast silver Corpus Christi depicting Christ crucified with three nails, the titulus with angel's heads. H 72.8 cm.
Tournai/ Doornik, marks of Antoine II de la Drière, circa 1680.

Literature

Stuyck mentions religious works by de la Drière in various churches throughout Deerlijk, Templeuve and Doornik, as well as a cross on a plinth in a private collection in Doornik, cf. Stuyck, Belgische Zilvermerken, Antwerpen 1984, p. 302. Cf. also a holy water stoop with a relief of the Vera Icon by Antoine I de la Drière, who used the same maker's mark, illus. in cat. Meesterwerken in Zilver uit Privé-Verzamelingen, Gent 1985, no. 167. For more on Antoine II cf. cat. L'Orfèvrerie en Hainaut, Lannoo 1985, p. 173.