FRIEZE. POLYCHROMED PINE WOOD. 16TH CENTURY.
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Reference: ZF0565
Frieze with reliefs. Carved and polychrome pine wood. 16th century. Rectangular frieze of carved, gilded and polychrome pine wood decorated with figurative reliefs. An architectural piece with a garland serves as the axis for the symmetrical composition, formed by horses turning their heads and biting a cloth and two wingless children or putti pulling on this cloth, which ends in fruit, thus joining the ends with the centre of the piece. In both the iconographic theme and the anatomy, composition and colours, the influence of the Italian Renaissance can be seen, with variations that may be due to the fact that it was a Spanish creation. Compare, for example, with the engraving by Johann Theodor de Bry in the Metropolitan Museum of New York dated between 1580 and 1600, or works by Paolo Farinati; and with Spanish creations such as the carvings from the Ducal Palace of Pastrana (second half of the 16th century), works by Alonso de Covarrubias, the Renaissance doorway of the Church of the Assumption of Beteta (Cuenca), etc.
· Size: 96x9x20 cms.
5.000 €