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A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME-CARVED WOOD RELIEF DEPICTING THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST
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A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME-CARVED WOOD RELIEF DEPICTING THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST

SPANISH, 16TH CENTURY

Details
A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME-CARVED WOOD RELIEF DEPICTING THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST
Spanish, 16th Century
Areas of polychromy refreshed; cracks; some losses and worming.
58½ in. (148.1 cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
G.Weise, Die Plastik der Renaissance und des Frühbarock im Nördlichen Spanien, II, Tübingen, 1959, pl. 158.
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Lot Essay

The facial types of this Baptism are close in style to the reliefs of Parroquia de Sta. Maria, Navarra, Tafalla, which depicts the Adoraton of the Magi with the same exaggerated features and stylised hair (Weise, loc. cit.). The relief is also notable for the state of preservation of the gilding and polychromy, much of which appears to be original.

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