{"product_id":"late-renaissance-period-carved-oak-term-in-original-polychrome","title":"A Rare Late Renaissance Carved Oak \u0026 Polychromed Caryatid Figure of a Winged Angel, French, Circa 1600","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Rare Late Renaissance Carved Oak \u0026amp; Polychromed Caryatid Figure of a Winged Angel, French, Early 17th Century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA most evocative and diminutive architectural carving, conceived as a winged angelic caryatid of tapering term form. The figure stands beneath a rectangular capital, her face sensitively carved with almond eyes, a straight nose and pursed lips, retaining wonderful traces of the original flesh-toned polychromy with rouged cheeks and lips, framed by a mane of thick curled hair picked out in black. The bare torso is flanked by feathered wings carved in low relief, descending to a tapering pedestal support of classical inspiration, headed by boldly scrolled volutes in the Ionic manner, centred by a gilt pendant husk and drapery folds falling to a stepped block base with an old fixing aperture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaryatid terms of this type were a staple of French late Renaissance and early Baroque design, employed as applied supports upon buffets, cupboards à deux corps and chimneypieces, and within ecclesiastical joinery flanking altarpieces and retables. The survival of so much early painted decoration - the crackled gesso ground, flesh tones, black hair and parcel-gilt enrichments - is exceptional in a carving of this intimate scale and lends the figure enormous presence as a standalone sculptural object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e France. Early 17th Century, circa 1600.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial\u003c\/strong\u003e: Carved wood with gesso and polychrome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e In good condition commensurate with age; the polychromy with honest wear and minor chips, a small loss to the front-left corner of the pediment and two old perforations. With an old brass collection or inventory seal to the reverse and a suspension wire, ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e9 in (23 cm) high, 1¾ in (4.5 cm) wide, 1¼ in (3 cm) deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt Antiques at Walsingham Mill ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54683429339478,"sku":"HAF7406","price":295.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/7462\/5878\/files\/Photoroom-20260718-190308.jpg?v=1784550770","url":"https:\/\/holtantiquefurniture.com\/products\/late-renaissance-period-carved-oak-term-in-original-polychrome","provider":"Holt Antiques at Walsingham Mill ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}