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FLEMISH, second half of the seventeenth century
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Ebony, the second figure of a child missing; on a shaped gilt wood base
Height of figure: 24 cm
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This finely carved and rare ebony group must be the work of a sculptor specialized in carving ivory and possibly also boxwood. The classicizing pose of the woman, together with the modelling of the remaining child, suggest a Flemish artist working in the tradition of François Duquesnoy, the Flemish sculptor whose works, made in Rome in the earlier part of the seventeenth century, were to make a lasting impression on successive generations of sculptors in northern Europe. His represenations of putti were particularly famous and are reflected in the child in our group; similarly the figure of the woman (Roman Charity) in her antique robes reveals knowledge of one of Dusquenoy’s masterpieces, the marble “Santa Susanna” of 1629-1633, in the Roman church of Santa Maria di Loreto, and of the classical prototypes from which that derived .
1 M. Bordon-Machuel, François du Quesnoy 1597-1643, Paris, 2005, cat. no. 34, Fig 118.
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