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Italian 18th Century Carved Gilt-wood Ecclesiastical Bust of a Bishop
Hand of Glory
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Italian 18th Century Carved Gilt-wood Ecclesiastical Bust of a Bishop

18th century
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An 18th Century Italian carved and gilt-wood ecclesiastical bust, the robed half-length torso with floral sgraffito decoration and wearing a bishop's mitre. Mounted on a modern stand.

86c high, 101cm including stand.

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Hand of Glory has dated this Carved Giltwood Bishop Bust to the 18th Century.

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Description
An 18th Century Italian carved and gilt-wood ecclesiastical bust, the robed half-length torso with floral sgraffito decoration and wearing a bishop's mitre. Mounted on a modern stand.

86c high, 101cm including stand.

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Hand of Glory has dated this Carved Giltwood Bishop Bust to the 18th Century.

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An eighteenth-century carved gilt-wood bust of a bearded bishop wearing a mitre, showing distressed gilding and mounted on a dark wooden block base.
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Archive I An eighteenth-century carved gilt-wood bust of a bearded bishop wearing a mitre, showing distressed gilding and mounted on a dark wooden block base.

Italian 18th Century Carved Gilt-wood Ecclesiastical Bust of a Bishop

Archive II An eighteenth-century carved gilt-wood bust of a bearded bishop wearing a mitre, showing distressed gilding and mounted on a dark wooden block base. View II
Archive III An eighteenth-century carved gilt-wood bust of a bearded bishop wearing a mitre, showing distressed gilding and mounted on a dark wooden block base. View III
Archive IV An eighteenth-century carved gilt-wood bust of a bearded bishop wearing a mitre, showing distressed gilding and mounted on a dark wooden block base. View IV
Archive V An eighteenth-century carved gilt-wood bust of a bearded bishop wearing a mitre, showing distressed gilding and mounted on a dark wooden block base. View V
Archive VI An eighteenth-century carved gilt-wood bust of a bearded bishop wearing a mitre, showing distressed gilding and mounted on a dark wooden block base. View VI
Archive VII An eighteenth-century carved gilt-wood bust of a bearded bishop wearing a mitre, showing distressed gilding and mounted on a dark wooden block base. View VII
Archive VIII An eighteenth-century carved gilt-wood bust of a bearded bishop wearing a mitre, showing distressed gilding and mounted on a dark wooden block base. View VIII
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An eighteenth-century carved gilt-wood bust of a bearded bishop wearing a mitre, showing distressed gilding and mounted on a dark wooden block base.
Italian 18th Century Carved Gilt-Wood Ecclesiastical Bust of a Bishop
Ref: SA1225900
An eighteenth-century carved gilt-wood bust of a bearded bishop wearing a mitre, showing distressed gilding and mounted on a dark wooden block base.
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During the eighteenth century in Italy, religious statues and busts were commissioned for churches, private chapels, and monasteries. Sculptors utilized timber, gesso, and gilding to create devotional objects depicting saints, bishops, and biblical figures in the Baroque and Post-Baroque traditions.

Craftsmen typically carved the figures from softwoods or hardwoods such as lindenwood, walnut, or pine. The carved surfaces were then covered with layers of gesso plaster, followed by hand-applied paint or leaf gilding using traditional water-gilding techniques.

Authentic period sculptures display hand-carving tool marks, irregular joinery, and natural age-related craquelure within the gesso layer. Authentic gilding often shows original bole beneath areas of surface wear and slight oxidisation, rather than uniform modern metallic paint.

Ecclesiastical busts are frequently styled as architectural focal points on console tables, mantlepieces, or within curated library shelving. Positioning the sculpture against neutral or contrasting backgrounds highlights its carved silhouette and aged texture.

Gilt-wood items require gentle dusting with a soft, dry camel-hair brush to prevent flaking of delicate gesso or leafing. Moisture, chemical cleaners, and direct heat sources must be avoided to prevent wood warping and loss of historic gilding.
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