Niche In Gilt Wood From The 17th Century

Superb and rare 17th century Spanish mirror in polychrome wood This is a niche that has been transformed into a mirror Very beautiful carv...

Elegant carved and gilded wood from the 17th century - Spain Very beautiful patina and in very good condition Can serve and served in the past as a base for a wooden sculpture.

Fine Flemish tapestry from Brugge from the 17th century This fine tapestry depicting a mythological scene of a woman spied by two old men. Very inte...

lovely little oak table from the 17 century from England called Gateleg table Very nice little table which has a superb turning and a drawer in the belt the table can be used as an...

superb table or consolde in walnut of the Spanish renaissance with a drawer in its center of the 17th century Original irons and lock very nice work on the drawer Superb patin...

superb Spanish walnut chest from the 17th century from the Spanish Renaissance with very beautiful irons The chest has its original wrought iron e...

Portuguese Oratory from the 17th century, rosewood, internally sculpture in polychromatic and golden wood "The Virgin with the Child" Perfect cond...

XVII Century Lion Marble, 30 x 43 x 25 The object under consideration is configured as a marble sculpture referable to the 17th century, characterized by a strong, visceral langua...

A truly stunning 17th century Frame from Barcelona crafted from wood and carved with trimmed acanthus leaves and gilded. Magnificent to house a painting or install a mirror.

The Adoration of the Magi. Panel carved in high relief. Flanders, 17th century. Measures: 53 x 32,5 cm.

Cerberus Black painted stone Italy, 17th century Measures: 80 x 69 x 36cm (one head missing) Cerberus, cruel monster, fierce and strange, Through his wide threefold throat barks as a dog Over the multitude immers'd beneath. His eyes glare crimson, black his unctuous beard, His belly large, and claw'd the hands, with which He tears the spirits, flays them, and their limbs Piecemeal disparts (Dante, Inferno, Canto VI). Cerberus figure seated, in his role of ferocious guardian of the underworld; he shows a nervous musculature, an adherent skin which reveals the ribs, long and robust limbs; his heads are broad and the eyes set well apart. Painted in black to amplify his menacing look, the infernal guardian is depicted with his famous attributes, writhing his heads, growling and barking furiously. Cerberus, in Greek mythology, was the monstrous watchdog of the underworld – also known as the “hound of Hades” – preventing the dead from leaving, and making sure that those who entered never left. A child of Typhon and Echidna, he was part of a monstrous family, which included Orthus, the Lernaean Hydra, and the Chimaera as well. Only on three occasions Cerberus was tricked by visitors of Hades: Heracles did it with his strength, Orpheus with his music. In "The Inferno", Dante places Cerberus as the guardian of the third circle of Hell. With his three mouths, Dante saw Cerberus as a beast that was synonymous with the sin of Gluttony. Virgil gets past the monster by throwing mud in his three mouths, temporarily choking him. Very rare are the representations of Cerberus in ancient statuary...

17th century Spanish boxwood Christ on the cross.