"Large Baroque Carved Wood Sculpture Portrait Saint Evangelist Apostle 17th"
Moving religious sculpture from Languedoc in resinous wood, around 1650, representing a holy evangelist holding a book, the body draped in a long tunic. Very beautiful expression, beautiful detailed work of the beard and hair, the head gracefully inclined, the general movement in S, sketching a movement in contrapposto. Old restorations, lacks, the left hand redone, visible wormholes treated since, remains of polychromy see photos Total dimensions: 108 cm x 38 cm x 38 cm