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Unknown, Spanish, Adoration of the Christ Child (Nativity), ca. 1650, wood and polychrome with…
Adoration of the Christ Child (Nativity)
Unknown, Spanish, Adoration of the Christ Child (Nativity), ca. 1650, wood and polychrome with gold leaf, 22 1/2 x 20 1/2, x 3 1/2 in. The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, Bequest of Charlotte Pruyn Hyde, 1971.84. Photography by Michael Fredericks.

Adoration of the Christ Child (Nativity)

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1650
Place of OriginSpain
MediumWood and polychrome with gold leaf
DimensionsOverall: 22 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (57.2 x 52.1 x 8.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of Charlotte Pruyn Hyde
Object number1971.84
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Collections
  • Sculpture
  • European Paintings & Sculpture
DescriptionOf the two types of nativity adorations, the adoration of the shepherds and of the magi, or three kings, this is cleary an example of the shepherds. Note the crook in the hand of the uppermost figure at the right.

Spanish attribution because of estofado technique, which is meant to give the effect of brocaded cloth (similar to Italian "sgraffito" technique), in which pigment layed over prepared gold leaf and design scratched on polychome to reveal gold underneath. In this work, technique used on robes of figures, on angels' wings, for heads of the ox and the ass, and all of the background decoration.Provenanceby 1911, Glens Falls, NY, Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Hyde
1963, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust (Bequest of Mrs. Charlotte P. Hyde)

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