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19th C. Life-sized, Carved, Polychrome, Wooden Santos (Italian)
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19th C. Life-sized, Carved, Polychrome, Wooden Santos (Italian)

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19th C. Carved, Polychrome, Wooden Santos (Italian), Modelled as a Male Figure, having Life-Like Painted Face and Hands, with Articulated Arms.

A very good, early 19th Century, life size articulated carved wood male figure. The life like head and hands are gessoed and very well painted, The wooden body is of good colour and patina. The whole figure standing on a hand painted rectangular shaped base.

CONDITION:

Wear commensurate with age. Few slight chips to gesso visible in the photos.

COLLECTION:

Buyer must collect, or arrange collection, from Westbury, Wiltshire.

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173cm (68.11")
Declaration

White Space Antiques has dated this Italian Wooden Santos Figure to the 1850s.

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SA1218923
Description
19th C. Carved, Polychrome, Wooden Santos (Italian), Modelled as a Male Figure, having Life-Like Painted Face and Hands, with Articulated Arms.

A very good, early 19th Century, life size articulated carved wood male figure.

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The life like head and hands are gessoed and very well painted, The wooden body is of good colour and patina.
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The whole figure standing on a hand painted rectangular shaped base.

fig 1. A life-sized 19th-century carved wooden Italian Santos figure with dark articulated arms, polychrome facial features, and a stepped timber base.
fig 1. 19th C. Life-sized, Carved, Polychrome, Wooden Santos (Italian)

CONDITION:

Wear commensurate with age. Few slight chips to gesso visible in the photos.

COLLECTION:

Buyer must collect, or arrange collection, from Westbury, Wiltshire.

WEBSITE:

For more information or more detailed images, please visit our website:

https://www.WhiteSpaceAntiques.com

Height
173cm (68.11")
Date of Manufacture

White Space Antiques has dated this Italian Wooden Santos Figure to the 1850s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1218923
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Archive I A life-sized 19th-century carved wooden Italian Santos figure with dark articulated arms, polychrome facial features, and a stepped timber base.

19th C. Life-sized, Carved, Polychrome, Wooden Santos (Italian)

Archive II A life-sized 19th-century carved wooden Italian Santos figure with dark articulated arms, polychrome facial features, and a stepped timber base. View II
Archive III A life-sized 19th-century carved wooden Italian Santos figure with dark articulated arms, polychrome facial features, and a stepped timber base. View III
Archive IV A life-sized 19th-century carved wooden Italian Santos figure with dark articulated arms, polychrome facial features, and a stepped timber base. View IV
Archive V A life-sized 19th-century carved wooden Italian Santos figure with dark articulated arms, polychrome facial features, and a stepped timber base. View V
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A life-sized 19th-century carved wooden Italian Santos figure with dark articulated arms, polychrome facial features, and a stepped timber base.
19th C. Life-sized, Carved, Polychrome, Wooden Santos (Italian)
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A life-sized 19th-century carved wooden Italian Santos figure with dark articulated arms, polychrome facial features, and a stepped timber base.
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Santos figures are hand-carved wooden representations of saints, angels, or biblical personages created within Catholic devotional traditions for display in churches and private chapels.

These sculptures were typically carved from native softwoods such as pine or lime, layered with a gesso ground, and finished with painted polychrome details on the face and body.

Authentic 19th-century examples exhibit natural timber shrinkage, hand-cut mortise and tenon or wooden peg joinery, genuine surface patination, and age-appropriate paint wear.

A life-sized or large-scale Santos sculpture is commonly placed as a singular focal point in an alcove, foyer, or quiet corner to contrast architectural modernism with historical sculpture.

Dust the item using a soft, dry natural-bristle brush, avoiding water or chemical solvents which can strip original gesso and polychrome paint layers.
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