483 - A gilt, polychrome decorated and carved wooden figure of the Infant Jesus as ‘Salvator Mundi’, 18th C.

A gilt, polychrome decorated and carved wooden figure of the Infant Jesus as ‘Salvator Mundi’, 18th C. H 47 cm This engaging and finely carved polychrome decorated wooden Infant Christ is indebted to the models created by the early 17th-C. Sevillian sculptor Juan Martinez Montantés, known as 'El dios de la madera' (the god of wood). Montanés established the canonical depiction of the Sevillian Infant Christ with his Christ Child in the Cofradia del Santisimo Sacramento, Seville, of 1606. The absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is in perfect condition. Condition reports are provided on request. They will be made available, together with additional images, on our website at www.coronariauctions.com. Condition reports are given as a service, we can not be held liable for errors in such a report. The full list of condition reports for this sale is available on the following URL: https://www.coronariauctions.com/en/condition-report/48 Further questions are always welcome at info@coronariauctions.com