Live Auction 5276Christie's Interiors
A BERLIN (K.P.M.) RELIGIOUS PLAQUE
Lot 777

A BERLIN (K.P.M.) RELIGIOUS PLAQUE

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED SCEPTRE AND K.P.M. MARK, INCISED B

Closed15 April 2014

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) RELIGIOUS PLAQUE
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED SCEPTRE AND K.P.M. MARK, INCISED B
Painted after The Tribute Money by Titian, depicting a Pharisee showing Christ a coin
9 7/8 in. (25.2 cm.) x 7½ in. (19 cm.)

Specialist note

This version of Titian's The Tribute Money is in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. The painting's subject is taken from the New Testament, when the Pharisees ask Christ whether he thinks it is right to pay tax to the Romans. Christ realizes he is being tricked and replies eness and name are on the coinage.