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Singa Guardian Sculpture from the Batak Tribe of Sumatra, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A Batak Tribe “Singa” from the Indonesian island of Sumatra. This mythical lion figure was used as a protective architectural element on the corner of a traditional Batak house. It f...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Other Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Carved and Painted Owl Decoy, USA, 1900's
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Folk Art carved and painted owl decoy, USA 1900's
A decorative barn owl carving decoy
Original paint with even wear.
Mounted over a new iron stand.
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Polychrome Carved Horse Sculpture
Located in Staffordshire, GB
19th century French polychrome carved horse sculpture
circa 1840
Decorative wooden horse sculpture in its original polychrome painted finish
Measures: H 50 x W 40 x D 11 cm.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Alhambra-Fakatmodell", Polychromed Stucco Plaque by R. Rus, Early 20th Century
By Rafael Rus
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
Rafael Rus Acosta Attr. "alhambra-fakatmodell", polychrome stucco plaque by R. Rus, Spain, early 20th century.
RAFAEL RUS ACOSTA attr. ca. 1925
Model p...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Islamic Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Stucco, Wood
19th Century Spanish Colonial Religious Figure In Carved And Polychromed Wood
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Spanish Colonial wood and polychromed hand carved figure of a Santos or possibly Jesus. The practice of creating Santos figures began in Spain and they usually wore orna...
Category
18th Century Spanish Colonial Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
17th c. German Memento Mori Monk c.1600-1699
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Exceptional large Memento Mori sculpture in polychrome depicting a half flayed Monk. German 17th century. The sculpture presents half of the skeletal face, hand and foot.
Shown with life size model...
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17th Century German Industrial Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Porcelain Leopard Sculpture , Italy, 1970.
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-painted leopard sculpture made of porcelain, 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
17th Century Italian Polychrome Painted Terracotta Jesus Child Putto Figure
Located in Lincoln, GB
Exquisite product is a polychromed, hand painted terracotta figure that beautifully depicts Baby Jesus. The attention to detail is evident in the figure's glass eyes, which add a lif...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
17th Century Spanish Carved Polychrome and Painted Bust of Christ on Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Make a statement on your mantel, enfilade or tabletop with this antique "Haute Epoque" carved santo figure. Created in Spain, circa 1680, the bust is set ...
Category
Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Walnut
18th century Spanish polychromed wooden Santos head
Located in Brecht, BE
a polychromed wooden Santos head, found in Spain, mid 18th century,
height is 16 cm with foot 24 cm, width 9 cm with foot 12 cm, depth 7 cm with foo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Pair of "Alhambra-Fakatmodels", Polychromed Stucco Plaque, by Rafael Rus
By Rafael Rus
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
A pair of Alhambra facade model Plates in beautiful Arabic style frame. Signed "Rafael Rus Acosta" (lower left), and designated "19 and 21" and "Granad...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Islamic Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Stucco, Wood
18th Century French Carved Giltwood & Polychrome "Mother and Child" with Base
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this beautiful gilt statue with base in a living room or bedroom. Hand carved circa 1780, this elegant two-piece antique sculpture was found in a chapel in Southern France and ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Baroque Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Bust of a Bishop finished in polychrome.
Located in Lincoln, GB
18th Century Bust of a Bishop finished in polychrome.
The shape of the bust would suggest that it was originally part of a full-length figure.
Category
18th Century Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique 18th c. Italian Armor Mannequin c.1700s
Located in San Francisco, CA
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An original 18th century Italian armorer's model with glass eyes and articulating arms. Used to fit different types of battle armor. Shows signs of light wear and paint loss...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Oak Wood Skull Polychromed 18th Century
Located in Esbeek, NL
18th Century polychromed skull
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Baroque Period European Antique Carved Polychrome Santo Altar Figure
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce Baroque Period European antique hand carved and painted wood santo altar figure, 17th/18th century, the religious folk art sculpture depicting Ma...
Category
18th Century European Baroque Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Virgen Queretana
Located in Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX
Beautiful sculpture representing the Virgin with details by hand from the 18th century, colonial Mexican
Category
18th Century Mexican American Colonial Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Carved Giltwood and Polychromed Virgin Mary Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful, antique sculpture of the Virgin Mary in prayers was created in Pyrenees of France, circa 1860. Embellished with gold leaf and polychrome finish, the Classic religious...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Chinese Polychrome Jade Emperor Altar Figure, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This 18th-century carved wooden figure likely depicts the Jade Emperor, the supreme monarch of heaven and earth in Chinese folklore and Taoist mythology. Ruler of all deities and ben...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Carved Polychrome Life Size Putti on Stand with Glass Eyes
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand crafted in Italy circa 1780, the antique cherub stands on a square base decorated with shell and foliage motifs. The hand carved sculpture depicts a life size young boy wearing ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Chrome Aeroplane from the 30s, Decorative Desk Object
Located in Köln, NW
Decorative Art Deco chrome airplane on plastic base. Desk decoration. Probably Germany or France of the thirties. The plastic plate is also from the time. Good general condition with...
Category
1930s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Chrome
French Art Deco Onyx & Polychrome Spelter Reading Woman with Dog, circa 1930
Located in Labrit, Landes
French Art Decospelter statue.
Different colors of onyx and polychomed spelter circa 1930
The scene reprensents a woman absorbed in his reading with her dog.
Good condition
Shi...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Spelter
18th-19th C. Italian Rock Crystal Ball on a Later Italian Giltwood Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th-19th C. Italian rock crystal ball/orb on a later Italian giltwood stand, in two parts
The rock crystal ball/ orb European possibly French o...
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Mid-20th Century Carved Wooden Santo, circa 1950-1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
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A hand painted carved wooden Mexican or Central American Santo (saint) with articulating arms.
Creator unknown.
Date of manufacture circa 1...
Category
19th Century Mexican Industrial Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Chinese Polychrome Seated Ancestor Figure, C. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
An integral part of traditional Chinese home life, ancestor worship before a domestic altar often featured painted ancestral portraits or tabletop ancestor figure...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid-18th Century French Carved Polychrome Statue of Moses in Oak Niche
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France circa 1760 and resting in a carved oak niche, the figure depicts the prophet Moses, the most important prophet in Judaism and Christianity. Moses is best known from the story in the biblical Book of Exodus and Quran as the lawgiver who met God face-to-face on Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments after leading his people, the Hebrews, out of bondage in Egypt and to the "promised land" of Canaan. He is represented with horns on top of his head. The horns came about because of an ambiguity of the Latin version of Exodus 34, 30. After being addressed by God on top of Mount Sinai and given the Tablets of the Law containing the Ten Commandments, Moses descended to his people in the desert. His face was seen to shine with a divine light. (The first Moses with horns was commissioned in 1505 by Pope Julius II for his tomb; it was based on a description in chapter 34 of Exodus in the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the Bible used at that time). The religious and biblical item...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Gothic Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Circa 1717–1780, Hand-carved Wood and Polychrome Saints Cosmas and Damian
Located in North Miami, FL
Behold a captivating pair of 18th-century hand-carved wooden treasures, dating from the remarkable span of 1717 to 1780. These exquisite pieces stand as a testament to the artistic mastery of their era, adorned with original polychrome and resplendent gold gilding that portrays the venerated Saints Cosmas and Damian...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Pair of Antique Anglo-Indian Etched and Polychrome Brass Peacock Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Antique Anglo-Indian etched and polychrome brass peacock figures.
Stunning pair of Anglo-Indian etched and polychrome brass peacock figures or sculptures. These beautiful pe...
Category
1920s Indian Anglo-Indian Vintage Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Brass
18th Century Carved & Polychrome Bust of a Saint
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Carved & Polychrome Bust of a Saint with Glass Eye. Either Italian or Spanish. This piece retains a good portion of the original painted f...
Category
18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Gothic Altar Table Crucifix W. Hand Carved Gilt Cross & Corpus of Christ
Located in Lisse, NL
Perfectly hand crafted and great condition antique, Gothic church, wooden altar crucifix.
This beautifully handcrafted, former church crucifix for tab...
Category
Late 19th Century European Gothic Revival Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Antique American Dapple Jumper Track Carousel Horse, Charles W Dare Attributed
Located in Forney, TX
An antique American track machine carousel horse attributed to legendary carver Charles W. Dare Company, now mounted as a rocking horse.
Hand-crafted in the early 20th century, circa 1920, born during the Golden Age of carousels in America (circa 1860-1930), exceptionally executed hand carved design with rich detailing, and warm polychrome painted white and gray dapple, featuring inset glass eyes, natural horsehair tail, saddle with carved cantle, blue painted saddle blanket and bridle, rising on a later blue and red painted wooden rocker base Stand, marked with letter "D" underneath in grey paint, most likely indicative of Dare, metal mounting plate marked AA PAT APLD FOR
Carved in a galloping or jumper position, this whimsical yet Primitive country-fair style equine exhibits all the hallmarks of Dare’s design, such as the forward-facing ears, the perfectly combed asymmetrical mane with a wind-blown effect, the tail made of realistic hair, and the distinctive “bird” saddle, which was carved separately and attached.
Among carousel antiques...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Africa, 2 Decorative Elements in Polychrome Wood, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Africa, 2 decorative elements in polychrome wood
around 1950.
Category
1950s African Mid-Century Modern Vintage Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Chinese Polychrome Seated Ancestor Figure, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
An integral part of traditional Chinese home life, ancestor worship before a domestic altar often featured painted ancestral portraits or tabletop ance...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Painted Polychrome Terracotta Sculpture Signed G. Van Vaerenbergh
Located in Dallas, TX
This tall antique terracotta composition was crafted in Belgium, circa 1890. The sculpture, signed on the side G. Van Vaerenbergh with the number 246, depicts two expressive, young b...
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Earthenware
"La Immaculada, " Polychromed Mid-19th Century Figural Carving
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Figural wooden carving of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Immaculate Conception). Carved in folkloric style, this well-preserved statue retains its original coat of polychrome paint. Its flesh tones, light-blue, and silver-gilding vividly shine through a natural patina that has become glossy from a century’s worth of handling.
The Virgin as the "Immaculata" (conceived in immaculate purity), is posed on the globe of the world, in triumph over sin, represented by the serpent that tempted Eve with a forbidden apple.
The sculpture's facial features include glass eyes and eyelashes.
This rare antique sculpture is perfect for a collection of sacred antique...
Category
1850s Italian Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Saint Apollonia of Alexandria, Patron of Dentistry, 18th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 18th Century Spanish carved-wood polychromed sculpture of Saint Apollonia of Alexandria, Patron of Dentistry. This actual sculpture appears in the book Santa Apolonia En España...
Category
18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Charming Pair of Austrian 19th Century Polychromed Majolica Wall Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and charming pair of Austrian 19th century polychromed majolica hanging wall sculptures of an elderly couple peeking through a window, probably by Friedrich Goldscheider (Goldscheider'sche Porzellan-Manufactur und Majolica-Fabrik.) Each wall sculpture depicting an elderly man wearing glasses and a traditional cap with his arms extended forward as if it was reading a book or a newspaper. The other depicting an elderly lady, also peeking through a window, wearing a laced cap with a bow tie and shawl over her shoulders, her arms are also extended forward as if it was reading a book or a newspaper. The male figure stamped on the back "78 - II ." The lady figure stamped on the back "37 - 79." Vienna, circa 1890-1900.
Man's height: 16 1/2 inches (41.9 cm.)
Man's width: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm.)
Depth: 8 1/2 inches (21.6 cm.)
Lady's height: 15 1/2 inches (39.4 cm.)
Lady's width: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm.)
Lady's depth: 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm.)
Goldscheider Manufactory and Majolica Factory (German: Goldscheider'sche Porzellan-Manufactur und Majolica-Fabrik, (now) Goldscheider Keramik) is an Austrian ceramic manufactory.
In 1885, Friedrich Goldscheider came from the small Bohemian city of Pilsen to Vienna and founded the Goldscheider Manufactory and Majolica Factory. It became one of the most influential ceramic manufactories of terracotta, faience and bronze objects in Austria with subsidiaries in Paris, Leipzig and Florence. For over half a century Goldscheider created masterpieces of historical revivalism, Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) and Art Deco. Famous artists such as Josef Lorenzl, Stefan Dakon, Ida Meisinger and the two perhaps best known Austrian ceramic artists Michael Powolny and Vally Wieselthier worked for Goldscheider. Several of the artists who worked for Goldscheider also worked for other Viennese studios, such as Augarten, Keramos or for the German brands Rosenthal and Meissen.
The Goldscheider family emigrated in 1938 to United Kingdom and USA. Walter Goldscheider startet a new factory in Trenton, New Jersey and returned to Vienna in 1950. Marcel Goldscheider went to Stoke-on-Trent and produced figurative ceramics for Myott and opened his own studio in the 1950s in Hanley. Both brothers died in the early 1960s.
More than 10,000 different models were created over a period of three generations. Since the very beginning many of these won first prizes and gold medals at innumerable world fairs, exhibitions and trade fairs. Goldscheider figures...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
Wood Low-Relief Depicting a Werewolf and Saint George
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Exceptional polychrome wood low-relief depicting a werewolf and saint george after a woodcut by lucas cranach (“DER WERWOLF” 1512)
Provenance :
collection Brimo de Laroussihle
c...
Category
16th Century German Renaissance Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Paul Evans Polychromed Steel Sculpture
By Paul Evans
Located in New York, NY
Astonishing brutalist sculpture by Paul Evans, circa 1960's. Welded and polychromed steel, painted wood.
67 x 38 x 26 in. (170.2 x 96.5 x 66 cm) excluding base.
Category
1960s American Brutalist Vintage Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Steel
19th C Pair of Breton Polychromed Fruitwood Statues, Fisherman and His Wife
Located in Leuven , BE
The polychromed statues are in an excellent state and date from a period when profane sculptures started to replace the religious ones.
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19th Century French Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Chinese Northern Wei Terrecotta Attendant - TL Tested
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa 386-534 ADA well defined Chinese Northern Wei Terracotta Attendant Statue.
The Figure is depicted standing with his hands along the body, wearin...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Southeast Asian Polychrome Figure, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This large polychromed wood figure from southeast Asia dates to the mid-19th century and depicts a male attendant or entertainer. Hand-carved by...
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Mid-19th Century Southeast Asian Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Candle Holders, 17th Century Italian Polychromed Carved Wood
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of early 17th Century Baroque polychromed carved wood Angel sculptures with torch shaped candleholders.
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Polychrome Terracotta Gladiator by Goldscheider, 1900 Period
Located in Marseille, FR
Goldscheider, 1900 period, dimension height 96 cm.
Additional information:
Material: Terracotta
Artist: Goldscheider.
Category
19th Century Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
15th Cen Four Pillars of the Christian Faith Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Luke
Located in North Miami, FL
15th century Italian carved wood, polychromed and gold gilded sculptures of four Pillars of the Christian Faith (Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Luke, Saint Matthew).
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of 18th Century Italian Putti
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning pair of mid-18th century Italian Baroque Putti beautifully crafted in polychromed wood - now resting on their iron stands. Charming position w...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Chinese Polychrome Wooden Altar Spirit, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved in wood, this 19th-century figure of a spirit paid tribute to ancestors past on a traditional altar table. Allowing the base to reflect the wood’s natural state, the artist ca...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Jesus Christ the Conqueror Raising the Flag After his Resurrection, 16th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
16th Century Italian carved-wood and polychromed sculpture of Jesus Christ the conqueror raising the flag after his resurrection.
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Tang Horse
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fine Decoratively Carved Tang Horse
Dimensions: Height 74" Width 18" Depth 75"
CW4020
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tang Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sphera Sculptures Gold
By Katz Studio
Located in San Jose del Cabo, BCS
The Sphera sculptures from the Erosia Collection are a breathtaking trio that embody the beauty of transformation and the impermanence of form. Crafted from high-strength resin and f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Resin
17th Century 'Baroque' Pair of Italian Carved and Polychromed Sculptures
Located in North Miami, FL
17th Century (Baroque) pair of Italian carved and polychromed figures. Each statue is holding a torchere and are mounted on their original turned wooden faux marble column.
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Madonna Enthroned with the Child Christ, 17th Century, Gold Gilded on Wood Panel
Located in North Miami, FL
17th Century Italian polychromed and gold gilded on wood panel Sienese style painting of the Madonna Enthroned with the child and two adoring angels behind them. The halos are beautifully adorned with punch work. She is framed by a hand-carved gold gilded and velvet lined frame and sitting on a hand-carved matching base. The piece is mounted on a Lucite panel and framed with a contemporary hand-finished wood molding.
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Early 17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cercle of Romano Alberti, Page, Around 1530-1540
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Cercle of Romano Alberti, dit Il Nero da Sansepolcro ( San Sepolcro, 1521-1568 )
Page
Mixed media : wood core, papier mâché, stucco, polychrome and gilded
Italy, around 1530-154...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Stucco, Wood, Paper
Batak Tribe Wood Singa Panel with Polychrome, Mounted on Metal Stand, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This tribal panel originates from the Batak tribe of Sumatra. The Batak are known for the elaborate decoration of their buildings and these decorative panel additions would have been...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Late 15th Century Polychrome Wood Carving Depicting the Nativity
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
While the birth of Christ is briefly told in the Gospel of Luke (2, 7) it is in the apocryphal texts that we find most of the elements and details that have then inspired artists. As of the 14th century and even more of the 15th century the subject of the Adoration of the Child replaces in Western art the scene of the Birth, much favoured in Byzantine art. Instead of being depicted lying with the new-born swathed in the manger, the Virgin is now kneeling, her hands joined in prayer in front of the naked child. This change was probably hastened by the popularity of the visions of Saint Bridget of Sweden to whom the Virgin allegedly appeared to show how she had given birth to Jesus (Visions, VII, chap. 21).
Sheltered by a thatch-roofed structure the Virgin is kneeling in front of the Child Jesus. She wears a magnificent red dress under a large gold cloak. Her curled blond hair is partially veiled. The newborn is lying on a straw mat. Joseph is depicted with a parted beard and stands opposite from the Virgin. He wears a tunic and a coat with a purse hanging from the belt. His costume reminds us of the long journey him and Mary have accomplished to reach Bethlehem.
Two other women are present. One is looking through the stable’s window to observe the Holy Family while another one kneels in prayer in front of the divine child. The rich costume of the lady might indicate she is a donator.
However they could also both represent the women who took part in the birth of Christ, Zelemi and Salome. Salome, incredulous did not believe in the virginal conception of Mary and she is represented far from the scene. The artist has depicted her with an expression of doubt on her face. Zelemi, on the contrary, is a believer. She is rewarded by a place of honour at the heart of the scene, close to Mary.
To the left the donkey and ox that have accompanied Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem observe quietly the scene.
On the foreground two angels hold a scroll reading an excerpt from the Gloria : “/Gloria/ in excelsis /Deo/.” One of the angels wears a blue cape while the other’s is red Those two colours are very significant as during Middle-Ages blue symbolises hope and red charity. Together they express the hope in redemption thanks to the advent of Christ and his sacrifice to come.
Above the main scene, up a cliff, a small shepherd lets his herd of sheep graze amidst the trees. He is framed by two walled cities.
This wood carving is the work of a very skilled and inventive artist. The piece bears witness to his exceptional talent. The realism of the scene is emphasised by the amount of details depicted. The refinement of the carving itself is highlighted by the well preserved polychromy.
This key moment of the New Testament is set in a contemporary context thanks to the clothes of the characters and the scenes of rural life. The universal dimension of the scene is intensified while allowing contemporary viewers to grasp its meaning more easily.
This care for details, the picturesque realism as well as the extraordinary rendition of the cloths suggest it was made by a Flemish artist during the late 15th century.
This relief can be compared with the panel of the Nativity from the Saint-Vaast altarpiece made by Jacques Daret between 1433 and 1435, today in Madrid’s Thyssen-Bronemisza Museum.
Literature
Louis Réau, Iconographie de l’Art chrétien...
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15th Century and Earlier Dutch Gothic Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Carved and Polychromed Reliquary of Pope Pius V
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th century Italian carved and polychromed Reliquary of Pope Pius V, realistically carved and painted bust of Pope Pius V (?) holding a relic.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Angelic Carved Wood Sculptures, 16th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of 16th Century Italian carved polychromed angelic sculptures.
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Batak Tribe Wood Singa Panel with Polychrome, Mounted on Metal Stand, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This tribal panel originates from the Batak tribe of Sumatra. The Batak are known for the elaborate decoration of their buildings and these decorative panel additions would have been...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Polychromed Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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