A carved and polychromed linden wood putto, emerging from a - Lot 264

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A carved and polychromed linden wood putto, emerging from a - Lot 264
A carved and polychromed linden wood putto, emerging from a cloud and holding a snake in his hands. Southern Germany or Northern Italy, 17th century H.: 35 cm (Worm damage; retouched polychromy) This piece likely belonged to an allegory of Prudence: the iconography derives from the verse in Matthew 10:16 (“Be as shrewd as serpents”), which notably inspired Carlo Maratti’s fresco painted around 1656 for the baptismal chapel of St. Mark’s Basilica in Rome.
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