LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY SICILIAN

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AN ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT, POLYCHROME-DECORATED BAROQUE ALTAR REREDOS
LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY SICILIAN
The acanthus, floral and scroll-carved cartouche cresting mounted with cherubic-angels centred by an oil on canvas depicting a marriage ceremony and flanked by swan-neck scrolls, above an inverted break-front cornice and central arched open niche with later mirror putti; flanked by mask carved brackets and carved sculptures depicting saints, in turn flanked by columns and pierced acanthus-carved panels on a conforming inverted breakfront base, some redecoration, minor losses and reconfiguration
175 in. (445 cm.) high; 143 in. (363 cm.) wide approx.; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

Provenance

Almost certainly, The Church of St. Peter, Barnsley, West Yorkshire, before removal to,
The Church of St John The Divine, Grantham, Lincolnshire.

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Lot Essay

This is almost certainly the altar referenced by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, in his volume on Lincolnshire, form his Buildings of England series (London, 1990, p. 295), where he describes a ‘White and gold, Flemish (?), c. 1700 with figures and lush acanthus…’ in situ at St. John The Divine, which was deconsecrated in the early 2000s.

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