antique-spanish-colonial-santos-figure-of-saint-sebastian
Lot 352
Antique Spanish Colonial Santos Figure of Saint Sebastian
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th century, likely Central or South American, carved wood with applied gesso and polychrome, glass eyes and gilt metal nimbus, the saint appropriately depicted with arrow wounds on a hemisphere stand, resting on a separate platform with pruned tree behind, unmarked.

20 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.

From the Collection of the late Keith Stanley, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at Duke University, North Carolina

Scattered later paint with some areas of wood and paint loss; one arrow missing to figure's left arm; some loss to fingers.