Spectacular and Exquisite Penitent Magdalen, colonial Guatemalan work from the 1…
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Spectacular and Exquisite Penitent Magdalen, colonial Guatemalan work from the 17th century - early 18th century, New Spain Preserving all its original polychrome and gilding, in wood, measurements: 31 x 22 x 17 without base and with base 38 x 28 x 20 cm. Lot not subject to reservation. It forms a group with the San Juan (lot 252) and the Dolorosa of lot 254 (possibly both were part of a New Spain Calvary). Provenance: important Andalusian private collection, Sevillian palace, Seville, Andalusia, Spain.

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Spectacular and Exquisite Penitent Magdalen, colonial Guatemalan work from the 17th century - early 18th century, New Spain Preserving all its original polychrome and gilding, in wood, measurements: 31 x 22 x 17 without base and with base 38 x 28 x 20 cm. Lot not subject to reservation. It forms a group with the San Juan (lot 252) and the Dolorosa of lot 254 (possibly both were part of a New Spain Calvary). Provenance: important Andalusian private collection, Sevillian palace, Seville, Andalusia, Spain.

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