"Ancient Holy Wood Sculpture Hispanic Colonies Folk Art"
Particular wooden sculpture dating back to the 18th century depicting a dark-skinned holy monk, probably from Hispanic colonies, coming from a private collection, placed on a non-coeval wooden base, presents ancient polychromy with traces of gilding on the dress, on the left arm the saint wears a basket not identifiable, the face clearly shows the face of a colored saint, which can be seen not only from the polychromy but also from the sculpted hair.size with base h.22 cm-diam 7 cm statuette only h.19 cm-width 6 cm d.4.5
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