TWO MALE NATIVITY FIGURES

Description:

Spain or Naples, 18th century
H. 49/51 cm
Wood, the limbed body dark painted, the feet painted black and red respectively. Hands and heads with incarnate, glass eyes. 1 thumb missing, slight age damages. Comes with later gold-framed crucifix, worn and two silver halos, hallmarked. City marks of Barcelona, master mark "CARRERAS", early 19th ct.
Private Collection, Cologne
For the silver hallmarks see Fernandés/Munoa/Rabasco, Enciclopedia de la Plata Espanola y Virreinal Americana, Nr. 106/107.