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18th C. Spanish Colonial Polychrome Wood Cherubs (pr)
18th C. Spanish Colonial Polychrome Wood Cherubs (pr)
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munity Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals!Spanish Colonial, Mexico or Peru, ca. 1750. A pair of hand-carved polychromed wooden cherubic figures that very much reflect the European stylings of the Baroque to Rococo periods with their sensuous fleshy forms, dance-like poses, and dramatic gestures - as if they are angels emerging from a Peter Paul Rubens masterpiece. Both angels wear flowing sashes - one red and the other blue - over their shoulders and privates; these drapery sashes swirl around the angels' bodies in dramatic fashion as their wings flutter. Two beautifully carved, hand-gessoed, and polychromed Spanish Colonial cherubs that bring to mind the holiday classic, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!" - a Christmas carol inspired by lyrics that initially appeared in"Hymn for Christmas-Day" by Charles Wesley, which was included in the 1739 John Wesley collection Hymns and Sacred Poems. Size (w/ blue sash): 20" W x 24" H (50.8 cm x 61 cm); (w/ red sash): 19" W x 24" H (48.3 cm x 61 cm)

Provenance: ex-House of Ancestors, Galisteo, New Mexico, USA

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#161180
Condition
Paint is flaking and chipping on both with abrasions and stable fissures across surfaces. Losses to fingers of both and one finger reattached on angel with blue sash, and three fingers reattached to angel with red sash. Left arm of angel with blue sash is reattached. Wings and left leg of angel with red sash are reattached with visible adhesive residue.
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18th C. Spanish Colonial Polychrome Wood Cherubs (pr)

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