Spanish Polychrome Lead Figure of the Infant Jesus (1650 Spain)

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62.00cm high    (  24.41 inches high)

Literature: Splendeurs D’Espagne et les Villes Belges 1500-1700 Brussels

Brussels, ‘Splendeurs D’Espagne et les Villes Belges 1500-1700’, 25 Sept−22 Dec, 1985, and published in catalogue vol.II, no. C12, p.477

This sculpture was made during the 17th century for private devotional use. The Christ’s right arm is raised in a gesture of blessing while the other would probably have held a rose alluding to the future “Passion”. It is likely to have been made in Andalusia and, although the pose differs, it bears close stylistic similarities to the 1606-7 wood figure of the “Nino Jesus” by Juan Martinez Montanes in Seville Cathedral.