Baroque | Third quarter of the 17th Century | Ca. 1660
A Jansenist Cristo Vivo
Boxwood | Carved in full round | On ebonized base
H. 33 cm. W. 9 cm. (excl. base)
H. 47,2 cm. W. 21,4 cm. (incl. Base)
PROVENANCE
Private collection | The Netherlands
REFERENCE LITERATURE
Nieuwdorp, H. (1977). De beeldhouwkunst in de eeuw van Rubens in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden en het prinsbisdom Luik. Brussels: KMKG, pp. 325-327 nrs. 294-298
CATALOGUE NOTE
We are grateful to Prof. Dr. F.T. Scholten, senior curator sculpture at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, for his kind assistance in cataloguing this statuette and placing it in the circle of François Du Quesnoy (1597–1643)