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THBTouching Early 19th C. Mexican Wooden Cristo
Lot 155
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Jan 24, 2019
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2019-01-24 10:00:00
2019-01-24 10:00:00
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Featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world, including Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world, including Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Spanish Colonial, Mexico, ca. early 19th century CE. A free-standing carved wooden interpretation of "La Cruz de las Animas" or "The Cross of Souls," - a moving religious artwork layered with symbolic and allegorical imagery, upon a three-tiered pedestal base. At the center is Christ on the Cross, flanked by the sun and moon, and surmounted by the Holy Ghost as a white dove followed by the Eternal Father - all painted in a rich color scheme. Along the bottom are two kneeling animas solas (meaning lonesome departed ancestral souls) - each one carved in the round, making gestures of hope for salvation as they await judgement amidst the flames of purgatory (indicated by their red painted legs and the flames emanating from the cross itself). Michael the Archangel is painted above them, followed by the Mater Dolorosa mourning her Son, and several instruments of the Passion flanking Christ's legs. A special piece representing a subject that was a popular cult of devotion throughout Mexico during the 19th century. Size: 16.75" W x 26.125" H (42.5 cm x 66.4 cm)
Provenance: private Andrade collection New York, NY, USA acquired 1960's; ex-Knoedler & Company
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#131171Cross members have loosened a tad with age. Sections of the cross have been reattached. Surface wear with gesso and pigment losses as shown. Old losses to peripheries of the tiers of the pedestal base, especially the lowest tier.Condition
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