Lid, back
Foliated decoration; flowers (roses).
Body, back
Saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); seated Virgin and Child; saint Catherine of Alexandria with martyr's palm and broken wheel.
Foliated borders; crosshatched background.
Rest not seen.
Attribution Unknown
Reverse Engraved on all sides.
Provenance Collection of Caspar and Stephan Bourgeois, art dealers, Cologne: sold, Lempertz, Cologne, 19-27 October 1904, lot 1057.
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