FRIEZE. POLYCHROMED PINE WOOD. 16TH CENTURY.
Antiques - Sculpture
Reference: ZF0565
Frieze with reliefs. Carved and polychromed pine wood. 16th century. Rectangular frieze of carved, gilded, and polychromed pine wood decorated with figurative reliefs. An architectural piece with a garland serves as the axis for the symmetrical composition, formed by horses turning their heads and biting a cloth and two wingless children or putti pulling this cloth, which ends in fruit, thus joining the ends with the center of the piece. Both in its iconography and in its anatomy, composition, and colors, one can appreciate the influence of the Italian Renaissance, with variations that may be due to its being a Spanish creation. Compare, for example, with the engraving by Johann Theodor de Bry in the Metropolitan Museum of New York, dated between 1580 and 1600, or works by Paolo Farinati; and with Spanish creations such as carvings in the Ducal Palace of Pastrana (second half of the 16th century), works by Alonso de Covarrubias, the Renaissance portal of the Church of the Assumption in Beteta (Cuenca), etc.
· Size: 96x9x20 cms.
5.000 €
