Oil and gilding on panel, profile of Christ against a gilt ground, inscribed in gilt lettering below: "This present figure is the / similitude of oure lord ihv / oure savior imprinted in ami / rald by the predesessors of the / gret turke and sent to oure / oly father the pope innosent the / vii at the cost of the gre / te turke for a tokin for this / cause to redeme his brother / ha was takyn presoner. (sic)"

11 x 8.5 in.

The Estate of the Late Dr. Mark William Sebastian, Durham, NC

Some flaking along edges.

$500 - 1,000