CHRIST CHILD BLESSING. WOOD. MALINES, 16TH CENTURY, WITH RESTORATIONS.

Baby Jesus on pedestal. Polychrome wood. Mechelen, 16th century, with restorations. Carved and polychrome wooden Child Jesus standing on a pedestal of the same material, standing, advancing, with his right hand blessing and an orb in his left. Stylistically, it corresponds to the shape, size, iconography, etc. common among those known as “Malines Dolls” or “Children Jesus of Mechelen”, polychrome wooden figures designed to be dressed and decorated that were made in Mechelen (Belgium) in significant numbers and were exported throughout Europe between the mid-15th century and first half of the 16th century. Compare the present example with the 16th century Child from the Hof van Busleyden Museum (Mechelen, Belgium), the one dated around 1500 kept in the Louvre Museum (Paris), the one from around 1500 from the Museum of Fairs Foundation, etc. . Weight: 700 grams.

· Size: 14x9x42 cms.