Lot n° 199
Estimation :
600 - 800
EUR
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Result
: 450EUR
Territoires burgondo flamands ou Nord de la France, late 16t - Lot 199
Territoires burgondo flamands ou Nord de la France, late 16th century
Throne of Grace
Wooden fort-relief with traces of polychromy, hollowed-out back.
Christ applique and dove of the Holy Spirit missing, accidents and wormholes. Height: 100 cm
This sculpture of God the Father seated on a throne carrying the Passion cross on which Christ was to be fixed
illustrates the dogma of the Trinity instituted in 325 by the Council of Nicaea. The feast was established in
1334 by John XXII to give new impetus to Trinitarian piety, and the iconography gradually developed
gradually developed in the 15th and 16th centuries. This representation of the throne of grace materializes the
text from the Epistle to the Hebrews (4:16): "Jesus, the Son of God, was tested in every way, after our likeness, but without sinning.
our likeness, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace
grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to be helped in due time."
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