SPANISH OR LATIN AMERICAN, 17TH CENTURY
Lot 118

SPANISH OR LATIN AMERICAN, 17TH CENTURY

Crucifixion

Closed17 December 2020

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GBP 4,750

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SPANISH OR LATIN AMERICAN, 17TH CENTURY
Crucifixion
parcel-gilt polychrome wood figure; on a later parcel-gilt polychrome wood cross
27 in. (68.5 cm.) high, the corpus; 40 1/8 in. (101.8 cm.) high, overall

Previously housed in a private chapel at Athelhampton House, Dorset.

Specialist note

Athelhampton House, a 15th century Tudor manor house near Dorchester, is known for its connection to the writer Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), and also as the residence of the actor and dancer Marika Rivera (1919-2010), daughter of the artists Diego Rivera (1886-1957) and Marie Vorobieff, known as Marevna (1892-1984).