Antique German Baroque Carved Wooden Painted Corpus Christi Christ Statue 1600 Redo The painting depicts a scene

The painting depicts a scene of a recumbent figure

like many other European painters was fascinated with North Africa and painted many oriental scenes of Algiers

They are a true pair facing each other and would have flanked either side of the temple door entrance

He was a designer

The jar has a painted dedication to the front in black lettering

Antique German Baroque Carved Wooden Painted Corpus Christi Christ Statue 1600 Redo The painting depicts a sceneA remarkable early 17th century Upper Rhine hand carved and Polychrome wooden Corpus Christi statue of Jesus Christ, German or Austrian, circa 1600. A large German Baroque carved limewood figure of Christ crucified, it is very finely hand carved and painted, some expected surface wear but significant remaining original paint, with some of the polychromy refreshed. The figure showing Christ crucified, his hands and feet with nail holes and his side