Magnificent Romanist Virgin with Child in Her Arms, Hispano Flemish Renaissance school of Roque Balduque (b. 1500 - f. 1561) Wood carving with a good part of gilding and polychrome of origin, missing in the arm of Child Jesus. Roque Balduque (b. 1500 - f. 1561), sculptor and altarpiece of Flemish origin born in a place that in Spanish was known as Bolduque but its name was Bois-le-Duc (now called 's-Hertogenbosch), capital of North Brabant (Holland), unknown date and active until his death in 1561. Measurements: 50 x 20 x 14 cm. Provenance: important private collection, property of an important collector

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