It was used to present both a helmet, but also a gambeson, a coat of mail, and all pieces of armor.
A painted wooden base on casters.
Current events often influence fashion and, in 1827, when the giraffe Zarafa, offered by the Viceroy of Egypt Méhémet Ali to Charles grabs the costume and accessories. The so-called “giraffe” hairstyles and combs, remarkable for their height, enjoyed great success during the three years that followed.
The tradition of dressed and jeweled devotional statues dates back to Antiquity, survived the Middle Ages and intensified, between the 16th and 18th centuries, both in Italy and throughout Catholic Europe.
Small Italian carved polychrome wooden Capipote or processional mannequin, glass eyes.
The tradition of dressed and jeweled devotional statues dates back to Antiquity, survived the Middle Ages and intensified, between the 16th and 18th centuries, both in Italy and throughout Catholic Europe.
Late 18th century
Italy
Terracotta statue representing allegory of autumn.
The woman holds a cluster of resin, crowned with vine leaves.
In his hand, a basket full of fruit. Very pretty draping work
Marotte in polychrome painted papier-mâché and glued printed paper, presenting a female figure with black hair and a scalloped bodice.
Sculpture in painted and gilded wood “Virgin and Child” on its base
inside which is the reliquary with an inscription:
D-Bike. BV-M (di velo Beata Vergine Maria)
“From the Veil Blessed Virgin Mary”
Delicate representation of the Virgin and Child in fruitwood.
The smooth and dynamic composition shows an ideal of beauty: a face with finely sculpted eyes, a long straight nose, well-defined lips.
The Child is worked as a painter’s mannequin would be.
Lead sculpture covered with a thin layer of polychrome stucco representing the Christ child.
He wears a necklace with white pearls to remind the purity of his soul.
18th century,
Andalusia, Spain
Fragment of a terracotta sculpture depicting Caliope. The figure is shown standing. Visible attributes of Caliope on the base the inscription Caliope Poesia Erotica