Infant Christ as Saviour

17th century (Baroque) H: 7 1/2 × W: 3 3/4 × D: 2 15/16 × Diam of base: 2 in. (19 × 9.5 × 7.5 × 5.1 cm) Citation Source image

Small standing figures of the Infant Christ carved in ivory were among the most popular subjects commissioned in the Philippines, then a Spanish colony, by Spanish merchants. These merchants, as well as priests, likely brought similar figures in painted wood from Spain, which...

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22600
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Léon Gruel, Paris; purchased by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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en
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3
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