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LOT 0356
Post Medieval Gilt and Painted Wooden Cherub Pair
GERMANY, 17TH CENTURY A.D.
29 1/8 - 30 in. (74-76 cm high).
A pair of naturalistically modelled cherubs shown naked and chubby with infant bodies and mature heads, perched with one crossed leg atop grotesque heads- that of the Devil and a pug, each dynamically posed as though playing an instrument or holding a bowl; with polychrome paint and gilding; Baroque; on octagonal plinth bases. [2]
Provenancewith Hotel Des Ventes De Monte, Monaco, 14 December 2021, lot 60.
English private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11676-199839.
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LOT 0356
Post Medieval Gilt and Painted Wooden Cherub Pair
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000€9,280 - 11,600 (for guidance only)$10,800 - 13,500 (for guidance only)
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