Antique German Baroque Carved Wooden Painted Corpus Christi Christ Statue 1600 Mid-Century Modern Nilus was a celebrated French

Nilus was a celebrated French Russian impressionist painter & writer of Swiss descent

designed to resemble veined marble

and further practicing his art in the evening

the visual world

by Robert Mitchell

Antique German Baroque Carved Wooden Painted Corpus Christi Christ Statue 1600 Mid-Century Modern Nilus was a celebrated FrenchA remarkable early 17th century Upper Rhine hand carved and Polychrome wooden Corpus Christi statue of Jesus Christ, German or Austrian, circa 1600. A large German Baroque carved limewood figure of Christ crucified, it is very finely hand carved and painted, some expected surface wear but significant remaining original paint, with some of the polychromy refreshed. The figure showing Christ crucified, his hands and feet with nail holes and his side