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LOT 0434
Renaissance Painted Wooden Figure of a Child
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
16 1/4 in. (3.3 kg total, 41.5 cm including stand).
Carved naturalistically in high-relief in wood, the figure enveloped in the folds of a woman's garment and cradled in her right arm and hand; remains of gesso, gilding and polychrome pigmentation; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
Private collection, England.
See Sismann, G., Sculptures Européens & Objets d’Art, Paris, 2012.
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