Lot 145
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A PAIR OF FLEMISH LIFESIZE OAK ALLEGORICAL FIGURES OF CHARITY AND VIGILENCE

17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FLEMISH LIFESIZE OAK ALLEGORICAL FIGURES OF CHARITY AND VIGILENCE
17th Century
Charity appears seated with two infants, Vigilence holds a rooster and a chalice in her outstretched arms, her braided hair held back with a diadem with traces of green
Approximately 55in. (140cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

This unusually large and well preserved pair of figures carved almost in the round were seated on sloping flanks of the pediment of a large altarpiece, typical of the early Baroque period in Flanders e.g. Malines, Antwerp and Brussels.