A Large 18thC Italian Parcel Gilt & Gesso Carved Pine Corpus Christi

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A Large 18thC Italian Parcel Gilt & Gesso Carved Pine Corpus ChristiOrigin: Italian Period: Mid Late 18thC Provenance: Unknown Date: 1760 80 Height: 35 Width: 30. 75 Depth: 7. 5 (all at extremities) The well carved Corpus Christi showing traces of the original gilding, and blooded highlights to the carved gesso elements, the carcass in pine, and the whole being of large size, having been an altar piece in an ecclesiastical setting or Italian provincial church, and surviving from the second half of the eighteenth

the beautifully hand painted internal lid denotes six compartments

As its name suggests

Mechanically she is sound with the lid opening well and the catch true

The rare edition of this major work

fitted into a shadow-box arched frame

Johnson was a master gardener who penned numerous works on the subject

with the good quality frame having a few small losses to the gesso

Nottingham was a prosperous

also needs homing

which is easy on the eye

Nitric acid is

cross your hand this way to bring good luck