Italian Baroque Holy Spirit Altarpiece Frieze c.1650

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Italian Baroque Holy Spirit Altarpiece Frieze c.1650An incredible Italian Baroque period altarpiece frieze depicting a brilliant descending dove within a golden areole of swirling clouds and winds in deeply carved relief. c. 1650 The bird represents Spiritus Sancti, the symbol of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost in the Christian Church. Created from sectional wooden panels, built up to enable deeply carved relief. The work is then gessoed and gilded in red bole and gold, the feathers are picked out in

adding another dimension which makes the frames really magical

approximately 200 years ago c

created in the 1880s over 100 years ago

in a tiny Umbrian village called Roccaporena

ready to place in your garden

This delicately carved and beautifully polychrome and gilded Northern European limewood figure stands on an immaculate 20th Century lucite plinth displaying him to his full potential

on cabriole legs of stylised shells flanked by eagle-head pierced brackets and hairy paw feet

This painted tradition reaches back to the earliest forest chairs of the 18th century—rustic outdoor seats often painted green to blend with natural surroundings—which later evolved into more refined domestic forms

occasional table

This enormous planter or urn is large enough to hold an olive tree

Provenance and labelled from the renowned folk art collector Graham Cutts Private Collection

that Kings and Emperors were chosen by God and therefore their word was indisputable on Earth

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