Large Statue From The 17th Century, Saint John The Baptist Or Saint Roch

Large Statue Of Saint John the Baptist or Saint Roch, From the 17th Century, small nature.
Important walnut statue dating from the 17th century and representing Saint Roch presenting with his bubo or perhaps Saint John the Baptist at the time of Christ's baptism.
beautiful, finely detailed sculpture, with a certain realism. the face is expressive.
The draping is studied and the statue, despite its dimensions, remains light thanks to the movement of the draping and the swaying of the hips.
probably painted originally, humidity, insects, time simply have marked the wood, look closely at the photos it gives it a very interesting character.
the statue was not weakened and preventive treatment with xylophene was carried out in the workshop. no trace of wood-eating insects now.
the base was just consolidated with a graft on the side.
a very beautiful small nature statue from the early period of one of the two Saints.

dimensions:

height 135 cm and 35 cm long at the base by 25 cm deep.
43 cm maximum overall width.

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