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Post Medieval Gilt and Painted Wooden Cherub Pair Post Medieval Gilt and Painted Wooden Cherub Pair Post Medieval Gilt and Painted Wooden Cherub Pair
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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]

Provenance

with 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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