LATE 18TH CENTURY, MINAS GERAIS

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A BRAZILIAN ROCOCO POLYCHROME WOOD HOUSE ALTAR
late 18th century, minas gerais
With foliate scroll cartouche and serpentine carved frame fitted with three glass slips, the interior mounted with soapstone figures including the Virgin and Child, St. Joseph and the Christ Child, St. John, and a polychrome wood figure of Cristo Morto, on scroll feet
27½in. (70cm.) high, 14¼in. (36cm.) wide, 5½in. (14cm.) deep

展览

Antwerp, Koninklikj Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Amerika, Bruid van de Zon, 1992, p. 505, no. 371

拍品专文

Similar examples from the Museum Inconfidencia are illustrated in E. de Cerqueira Falcão, Reliquias da Terra do Ouro, São Paulo, Brasil, 1946, pp. 244-245. Two closely related works were sold in these Rooms, 17 November 1994, lots 97 and 98.