An 18thC French Carved & Polychrome Decorated Fragmented Figure of Christ c.1750-1800 sub-Mirrors & Lighting She is ready and able

She is ready and able to be hung and admired

In their pomp they were notable for 'the array of colour-boxes

There are no major flaws and the buckle appears to be original

came into usage via the French Academies (such as the École des Beaux Arts) in the 19th century

An 18thC French Carved & Polychrome Decorated Fragmented Figure of Christ c.1750-1800 sub-Mirrors & Lighting She is ready and ableOrigin: French Period: Louis XVI Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1750 1800 Height: 21 Width: 5 Depth: 3 (all at extremities) Dating from the Louis XVI period, the well carved softwood figure of Christ, or Ecce Homo, hand painted and partly gilded, with traces of red pigment as the rawness of flesh, the toga gilded and the grey green paint now distressed commensurate with age, surviving from an ecclesiastical setting from the eighteenth century. Although