M183 Mirror While many fragments are distressed

While many fragments are distressed due to age

This collection pays homage to the Medici dynasty - the powerful Italian banking family and political dynasty that rose to prominence in Florence during the Renaissance

intitolata “Il Coraggio e la Paura”

They are mounted with the fossil agate coral to look as though the fragments and natural specimens evolved together over time

the elements create a historic yet contemporary and figurative work of old and new

M183 Mirror While many fragments are distressedSculptural 18th century Italian gilded corona, sunrays, figure of Christ, and angel and adorned with baroque pearls mounted on selenite crystal. This piece is based on Revelation 22: 1 which reads, Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. It was a featured piece exhibiting with Il Sacro NellArte or The Sacred in Art in the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata opening