PAIR OF CHILDREN. POLYCHROMED PINE WOOD. 18TH CENTURY.
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Reference: ZF0594
Pair of children. Polychrome pine wood. 18th century. Pair of polychrome pine wood carvings depicting two children playing a wind instrument, both seated, with their hands towards their faces, and slightly raising one leg to add some movement to a posture that would otherwise be perhaps too static. Given their postures and attitudes, they would have been part of a large, high-quality altarpiece, judging by the carving, the details, the hair, the proportions, etc., elements in which musical angels were not unusual. Note that the angels present do not have wings, and in these cases are called “putti” and are, in the same way, figures that are commonly present in religious settings despite having emerged from Renaissance classicism and its sources from Antiquity. The proportions of the sculptures, the anatomy, the symmetry, the certain plasticity of the hair, etc. are elements that speak of a Neoclassical influence in these sculptures. Likewise, a certain resemblance can be seen with works from the 18th century of the Castilian school.
· Size: 22x42x85 cms / c/peanas 37x37x180 cms
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