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CHRIS HOLMES ANTIQUES

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An incredible water-gilded, gesso and polychrome Italian Merman Putti wall frieze c.1740

Exquisitely carved, detailed and vibrantly gilded.
This beautiful frieze would have been part of the altar or internal decoration of a Palazzo or Church.

With ornate carved supports flowing from his skirt and tail would have be adorned by illuminating candles.
The Merman is featured in a grasping pose that would possibly have held a small heraldic processional flag illustrating the hierarchy and identifying the member of nobility that originally commissioned the piece.

  • Period:
    • Price: £6,500.00
    • €7,664 Euro
    • $8,658 US Dollar
  • Location: Yorkshire
    • Dimensions: H: 84cm (33.07in)
    • W: 152cm (59.84in)
    • D: 15cm (5.91in)