Important Christ in carved softwood. Head bent over the righ - Lot 54

Important Christ in carved softwood. Head bent over the right shoulder, V-shaped arms with apparent venous network, short perizonium held by a double cord, returning to the front and with lateral fall on the right hip, bent legs and superimposed feet. Flanders, late 17th/early 18th century Height of Christ: 72 cm On a leather background with embossed silver elements in a frame decorated with a frieze of cut foliage. This beautifully executed Christ is very similar to the ivory Christ in the P. Rigaux collection, Antwerp. The latter has been compared to the crucifix in the Rockox House in Antwerp, now impossible to find (see Exposition Bruxelles 1977, La sculpture au siècle de Rubens dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux et la principauté de Liège, Musée d'Art ancien, catalog, fig.311, pp 333-334). Frame size : 90 x 63 cm. Expert : Cabinet Fligny Paris.