Four Italian icons of the evangelists in silver repoussé, 12th centuryFine silver embossed images depicting: Matthew as man, Mark as lion, Luke as ox, and John as eagle, each of them holding the gospel. Fastening pins on the reverse. Height between 5.5 and 7 cm.Provenance: Purchased in 2018 from a Belgian antique dealer, previously owned by the antiquary Michel Koenig, before that a part of the collection of the author Henri Vernes (actually Charles-Henri Dewisme). In the 1970s in the collection of Mdm. Servais and in the 1950s in the collection of Andre Mathieu.Condition: II