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Christ Child winding a crown of thorns
Unknown from Quito, follower of Manuel Chili, Caspicara1780/1860
Museo de Artes Universidad de los Andes
Santiago de Chile, Chile
The figure represents a non-doctrinaire episode of the infancy of Christ, whose sources are the apocryphal Gospels. Christ Child is wearing fine clothes with golden embroidered threads, a silver crown, and is weaving His future crown of thorns.
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Details
- Title: Christ Child winding a crown of thorns
- Creator: Unknown from Quito, follower of Manuel Chili, Caspicara
- Creator Lifespan: 1750/1870
- Date: 1780/1860
- Physical Dimensions: w35 x h60 x d26 cm (Complete)
- Provenance: Donation
- Type: Religious sculpture, EN001
- Rights: Museo de Artes Universidad de los Andes
- External Link: Museo de Artes Universidad de los Andes
- Medium: Wood, polychromy, fabric, glass
- Technique: Carved wood, polychromy, embroidery, embossed silver
- Exhibition: Santiago de Chile, 33.4012862,70.5079439
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