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Lot 354
A Tall Spanish Colonial Articulated Santos Saint
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th century, gesso and polychrome, with pierced tin metal nimbus mount, glass eyes, articulating joints at shoulders and elbows, blue painted undergarments (to be dressed for display within the church during religious events), mounted upon a tiered wood stand, unsigned.

29 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.

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

Some areas of later nails likely for repair; some scattered shrinkage cracks; staining and loss to painted surfaces,