Florentine school of the 18th century, possibly Grand Ducal workshops.

Florentine school of the 18th century, possibly Grand Ducal workshops.
"Arma Christi".
Hard stone plaque with polished slate base, marbles, agates and lapis lazuli.
Gilded metal frame.
It presents marks of use and wear.
Measurements: 18 x 12,5 cm; 21 x 15,5 cm (frame).

In this interesting Italian work, which may have been made in the Florentine Grand Ducal workshops, the theme of the Holy Face is developed, but a whole iconographic repertoire related to the instruments of the Passion is added. The artist uses an amalgam of hard stones (agate, lapis lazuli and marble) that stand out beautifully on a polished slate plate. Among all the "Arma Christi" we highlight the ladder to lower him from the cross, the nails, the dice with which the soldiers gambled their clothes, the three-knotted rope, the whip or scourge or the rooster that crowed after the third time St. Peter denied Jesus. In its center, hanging from the Cross and presiding over the composition, the theme of the Holy Face refers to the episode of the Passion in which the image of Christ, carrying the cross, was imprinted on the canvas of the Veronica. In this composition there is no sign of pain or pathos, offering on the contrary a redemptive image.