Gallery I : Wood , bronze & stone works of art from the Gothic , Renaissance , 17th century period - Haute Epoque

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Virgin Mary

Carved oak
Height : 29cm
Late 16th century
Germany or Belgium

Damages and losses due to age

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Christ - Cristo Vivo

Boxwood
Length : 25cm (from head to toes)
18th century
France

Mounted on a modern wooden stand
Total height : 33cm

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Virgin Mary  - Saint Anne

Miniature oak carving
Height : 15cm
16th century
Germany

Traces of original polychrome paint and gilding

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Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

Oil on copper
Dimensions : 23cm - 19cm
17th century
Flemish school

Mounted in a later wooden gilt frame
Dimensions of the frame : 42cm  - 36cm

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Christ in Majesty

Carved walnut
Original polychrome paint
Height : 38cm
Late 16th century
French or Italian

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Virgin Mary

Miniature oak carving
Height of the Virgin : 9.5cm
16th century
Flemish

Mounted on a later walnut base
Total height : 13.5cm

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Corpus Christi

Carved oak
Traces of polychrome paint
Length : 103cm
Circa 1500
Southern Netherlands or French

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Virgin Mary Immaculate 

Carved lindenwood
Height : 63cm
Early 18th century
German

Mounted on a 19th century oak plinth

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Corpus Christi

Carved oak
Original polychrome paint
Length 52cm
Circa 1500
German

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Apostle figure

Carved oak
Height : 32cm
Late 14th - early 15th century
France

Minimal traces of polychrome paint
Nice details :  a long split beard , long hair tresses and tunic

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Head of Christ

Carved wood ( softwood )
Part from a large corpus Christ
Romanesque period
Circa 13th century
Length of the carving  : 23cm
French or Northern Spain

Mounted on a modern wooden stand

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Virgin Mary

Oak
With its original polychrome paint
Height : 28cm
Late 16th century
French or German

Mounted on a modern plexiglass base
Total height : 33.5cm

Christ Child is missing

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Saint-Denis

Carved wood
Height : 30cm
Early 18th century
French

 

 

Bishop of Paris in the third century.
Martyred for his faith by decapitation.
A popular story claiming that the decapitated bishop picked up his head and walked several miles while preaching a sermon repentance.

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Virgin Mary with Child

Carved oak
Height : 20.5cm
Late 17th - early 18th century
Flemish  - Belgium

Mounted on a later base
Total height : 23cm

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Saint 

Presumably Saint John the Apostle
Carved oak
Height 35cm
15th century  (or before)
Southern France or Northern Spain

Inventory number on the back

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Bust of a Saint

Carved wood
Part from a larger statue
Height : 25cm
16th century
French or German

Mounted on a modern wooden base
Total height : 32cm

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The Swoon of the Virgin

Carved oak retable fragment
Traces of original polychrome paint
Dimensions : height 31cm - width 16cm
16th century
Belgian - probably Brabant area

Damages and traces of old age

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Saint Paul the Apostle

Carved oak
Hollowed back with forged iron hook
Polychrome paint
Height 90cm
16th century
German

Arm with His sword missing

 

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Sedes Sapientiae

Seat of Wisdom
Carved pine wood
Original polychrome paint
Height 42.5cm
14th - 16th century
Spain
Probably Galicia region

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Putto

Carved wood
Dimensions : height circa 15.5cm - width circa 20cm
18th century
Flanders - Belgium

Mounted on a later wooden base
Total height : 24cm

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Female Saint

Carved oak
Original polychrome paint and traces of gilding
Height 68cm
Late 15th century
French

 

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Portrait reliefs

Oval oak carvings showing a Bishop Saint and Saint Hieronumus
Dimensions : height 50cm - width 33cm
17th century
Netherlandish or Belgian

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Putto

Oak carving
Dimensions : height 18cm - width 12cm
Early 18th century
Flemish - Belgium
Maker 's mark at the back

Mounted on a later stand
Total height : 26.5cm

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Lion  - Gargoyle

Carved stone fragment
14th - 15th century
France
Probably Ile-de-France

Mounted on a later iron base
Total height 23cm

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Adam and Eve - Expulsion from Paradise

Oil on canvas
Dimensions of the painting : 52.5cm - 40.5cm
Early 18th century
French

Canvas relined
Mounted in a 19th century wood veneered frame
Dimensions : 60cm - 48cm

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Virgin Mary

Carved oak
Height : 20cm
Late 16th - early 17th century
Belgium  - Flanders

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Saint Anne Trinity

Carved wood
Fragment from a larger statue
Height : 27cm
Ca 1500
Netherlandish or German

Mounted on a later iron base
Total height : 32cm

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Virgin Mary

Wood carved bust
Height : 41cm
Late 16th century
German

Mounted on a later oak base
Total height : 50 cm

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Mourning Virgin Mary

Her hands folded in prayer
Carved oak
With minimal traces of original polychrome paint
Height 89cm
16th century
German

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Saint Peter - Saint John the Baptist

Carved oak panels
Saint Peter holding the key and holy book
Saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb
Dimensions : height 48cm - width circa 15cm
Cieca 1500
French

Panels from a piece of furniture

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Angel

Bust of an angel
Carved wood ( walnut )
Height 30cm
16th century
German

Damages and traces of old age
Both Wings are missing

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Virgin Mary

Mourning Virgin Mary from a Calvary group
Carved oak
The inside completely hollowed out
The opening is covered with a piece of oak
Height : 46.5cm
16th century
German

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Christ at the column

Oil painting on oak panel
Dimensions  of the painting: height 78cm - width 51cm
17th century
Spanish

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Biblia Sacra Vulgata ( Psalm 37 : 18 )

Mounted in a later wooden frame
Dimensions of the frame : height 90cm - width 64cm

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Mater Dolorosa

Flemish Primitives
Oil painting on oak panel
Measurements of the painting : 36cm - 29.5cm
Late 15th century
Flanders - Belgium

Mounted in a later oak frame
Measurements of the frame : 41cm - 35cm

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Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Carved oak
Height 16cm
17th century
Probably  German or Belgian ( Flemish)

 

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Lion head

Wood
Traces of the original gilding and later paint retouching
Measurements : height 20cm - width 16cm
17th century
Mounted on a modern iron base
Total height : 53.5cm
Italian

Probably a study for a fountain head in marble or bronze ?

 

 

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Virgin Mary of the Annunciation

Oak retable carving
Height : 28,5cm
16th century
Flemish or German

 

 

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Bust of a Putto

Bronze
A small door knob from a renaissance piece of furniture
Backside filled with lead holding a nail
Height 7cm
Mounted on a later wooden base
Total height 14cm
Circa 1600
Italian -  probably Venetian - Paduan or Bolognese

 

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Christ

Boxwood
With traces of its original polychrome paint
Length :  28cm
Mounted on a later wooden base
Total height : 40cm
16th century
Italian

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Christ

Bronze
Hollow cast by indirect lost wax method
Length 15.5cm (from head to toes)
17th century
Southern Netherlands