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LOT 994 A relief plaque with an allegorical depiction of a pelicanAn alabaster and grey marble tondo with

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A relief plaque with an allegorical depiction of a pelican An alabaster and grey marble tondo with a stylised depiction of a pelican bird with wings outstretched above its three chicks. D 51 cm. Attributed to Italy / Florence, late 17th / early 18th C. Depictions of the pelican standing over a group of chicks in a nest, opening its chest with its beak to feed them with its own blood and thus awaken them from the dead can already be found in early Christian art. The story is based on the book of the Physiologus, an early Christian description of the natural world written in Greek, the earliest examples of which date from the 2nd to 4th centuries. The first Latin version was written in the 8th or 9th century and the work was translated into German in the 15th century. In the Christian world, the image of the pelican sacrificing itself for its young was interpreted as an allegory of Christ's sacrifice and the belief in resurrection. Depictions of the pelican can thus be found decorating churches, monasteries, communion chalices, and coats of arms, and were even used by the Masonic Order. Provenance North Italian collection. Literature Cf. Lexikon der christlichen Ikonographie, vol. 3, Freiburg 1971, p. 390 f. Relief mit allegorischem Pelikan Alabaster, grauer Marmor. Tondo mit der stilisierten Darstellung des Vogels mit gespreizten Flügeln über seinen drei Jungen. D 51 cm. Italien / Florenz, zugeschrieben, Ende 17./Anfang 18. Jh. Schon frühchristliche Darstellungen zeigen den Pelikan über seinen drei oder vier Jungen im Nest, wie er mit seinem Schnabel seine Brust öffnet, sein Blut auf die toten Jungen tropfen lässt und sie so zum Leben erweckt. Diese Schilderung geht zurück auf den Physiologus, eine frühchristliche Naturlehre in griechischer Sprache, deren erste Überlieferungen auf das 2. bis 4. Jh. datieren. Die lateinische Version wurde im 8./9. Jh. abgeschrieben, und schon im 15. Jh. gab es eine deutsche Übersetzung. Das Bild des sich selbst aufopfernden Pelikans wurde in der christlichen Welt als Symbol für den Opfertod Jesu und den Glauben an die Auferstehung interpretiert. Darstellungen des Pelikans zieren Kirchen, Klöster, eucharistische Gefäße, Wappenschilde und wurden sogar von Freimaurern verwendet. Provenienz Norditalienische Sammlung. Literatur S. Lexikon der christlichen Ikonographie, 3. Bd., Freiburg 1971, S. 390 f.

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