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Silver pendant medallion with translucent polychrome enamel on low-cut representing the Grape of the Promised Land, blue, green, yellow, turquoise, purple and black enamels in a gold frame. Walking on grassy ground, the two bearers, Joshua and Caleb, hold the pole from which the Escol hangs horizontally on their shoulders; drapery motifs at the top. Mounted with a ram engraved on the reverse with the Medici coat of arms Or, six torteaux, 1, 2, 2, 1, the chief Azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis Or, the other five Gules surmounted by the Grand Ducal crown bearing the Florence lily; banner with the inscription SEMPER (Toujours), the first word in the motto of the famous Tuscan banking family Semper festina lente (Haste always slowly). Medallion: Augsburg, workshop of David Altenstetten (Colmar, 1547 - Augsburg, 1617), late 16th century Mounting: Italy, late 16th century Medallion, D. 3.7 cm; mount, total H. 4.6 cm - Weight, 27.1 g (some enamel missing) This representation is symbolic, the grape cluster being interpreted as the body of Christ destined to be pressed to fill the chalice of the Church. Saint Augustine also provides an explanation of the two bearers, representing the two Testaments. The first, wearing the conical cap and turning his back on the mystical bunch, symbolizes the Jewish people, who close their eyes to the truth; the second, gazing at the bunch, is the image of the Gentiles who rally to Christ. Works consulted: - L. Réau, Iconographie de l'Art chrétien, New York, 1988, T II, p. 211 - C. Acidini Luchinat, Trésors des Médicis, Pais, 1997, p. 122 and 123

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Silver pendant medallion with translucent polychrome enamel on low-cut representing the Grape of the Promised Land, blue, green, yellow, turquoise, purple and black enamels in a gold frame. Walking on grassy ground, the two bearers, Joshua and Caleb, hold the pole from which the Escol hangs horizontally on their shoulders; drapery motifs at the top. Mounted with a ram engraved on the reverse with the Medici coat of arms Or, six torteaux, 1, 2, 2, 1, the chief Azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis Or, the other five Gules surmounted by the Grand Ducal crown bearing the Florence lily; banner with the inscription SEMPER (Toujours), the first word in the motto of the famous Tuscan banking family Semper festina lente (Haste always slowly). Medallion: Augsburg, workshop of David Altenstetten (Colmar, 1547 - Augsburg, 1617), late 16th century Mounting: Italy, late 16th century Medallion, D. 3.7 cm; mount, total H. 4.6 cm - Weight, 27.1 g (some enamel missing) This representation is symbolic, the grape cluster being interpreted as the body of Christ destined to be pressed to fill the chalice of the Church. Saint Augustine also provides an explanation of the two bearers, representing the two Testaments. The first, wearing the conical cap and turning his back on the mystical bunch, symbolizes the Jewish people, who close their eyes to the truth; the second, gazing at the bunch, is the image of the Gentiles who rally to Christ. Works consulted: - L. Réau, Iconographie de l'Art chrétien, New York, 1988, T II, p. 211 - C. Acidini Luchinat, Trésors des Médicis, Pais, 1997, p. 122 and 123

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