Eucharistic Chest, Carved and Polychrome Wood, Spain, 16th Century

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Chest. Carved and polychrome wood. Spain, 16th century. Carved wooden casket, gilded and polychrome with a rectangular base and upper part in the shape of a gabled roof or trough (with straight and not inclined smaller sides); It opens when lowering the front panel, revealing the polychrome and the gilding of the interior. On the outside, the piece presents a painted decoration: on the smaller sides two male figures on a gold background flanked by fine balustraded columns and under a decoration reminiscent of cloth; the front has simple architectural elements carved in slight relief, leaving the semicircular arch for a Virgen de la Leche; the back has a composition based on vegetal elements in "ce", scrolls, winged children, masks, scrolls, etc., with a clear classicist influence; The upper part of the piece has a decoration similar to that of the background on all fronts except the front, where you can clearly see an inscription in Latin capital letters inspired by Antiquity framed by a band with scrolls and vegetal elements. On the sides are Saint Peter with the keys and Saint Paul holding in his arms the sword that alludes to his martyrdom. Both the faces and the postures of the characters and the architectural elements show a clear relationship with stylistic novelties, while the golden background is a common detail in the Spanish schoolsince the Gothic. Decoration based on plant elements, scrolls, etc. present in several areas of the casket, which has already been mentioned, it is known as grutescos, and stands out for its classicist influence, for not presenting a strictly symmetrical organization in all the panels in which it is found, and for its compositional quality. The grotesque is a very common decorative motif in art since the "discovery" (XV century) in the Domus Aurea of Rome of ancient paintings with vegetal elements, cornucopias, panoplies, human and theriomorphic figures, mythological beings, etc. arranged in usually symmetrical compositions. The Virgin Mary is presented nursing the Child, hence this iconography is known as the Virgin of the Milk. Regarding the inscription (“O SACRV CONBIBIVM IN QUO XR [CRISTO] / SVMITVR RECOLITVR MEM / RIA PASSIONIS EIUS MENS INP”) distributed in three lines, it is a prose text in Latin in which the Blessed Sacrament is honored, written by Saint Thomas Aquinas and included in the traditional Catholic liturgy on the Corpus Christi festival, with forms in Gregorian chant and musical compositions written by prominent teachers such as Tomás Luis de Victoria, Palestrina, Pergolesi, etc. All these details mentioned and the fact that the casket is opened by means of a folding front "lid", would indicate the creation of the piece to contain and show a monstrance with the Sacred Form or some similar liturgical element of great importance. Compare with pieces such as the casket from, perhaps, Valladolid, and dated in the 16th century that is in the Cervantes Birthplace Museum (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid), the oak wood one dated around 1300 from the Museum of Decorative Arts of Madrid with the polychrome exterior, or the Eurcharistic casket that the same museum conserves of Valencian origin and dated towards the last third of the 14th century (thus confirming the long tradition of the typology of this piece), etc." · Size: 27 x 20 x 24 cms International buyers – Please Note: for those articles that need Export Permits (those older than 100 years), the obtaining of the Permit will be processed without additional expenses, but the period for the obtention of it may vary from 10 to 35 days.

Dimensions:
Height: 9.45 in (24 cm)Width: 10.63 in (27 cm)Depth: 7.88 in (20 cm)
Style:
Renaissance (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Gold Leaf,Other,Wood,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin:
Spain
Period:
16th Century
Date of Manufacture:
16th Century
Condition:
Repaired: Professionally cleaned and repaired (front area). Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Minor fading.
Seller Location:
Madrid, ES
Reference Number:
Seller: ZF04001stDibs: LU2951325323321

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