Due figure virili giganti in legno scolpito dipinto e dorato, secolo XVII

ciascuna indossa turbante e veste con ampio mantello; rotture, mancanze e consunzioni

Figure on the right side of the picture. Both feet damaged, missing the finger. The left extremity ofthe drapery is broken (but not missing). The entire sculpture has an extensive fracture on the left side. The joining of the bust over the body and the one of the left arm are visible. The right hand has four fingers replaced. The left hand missing the fingers. All the surface is worn, the statue was originally painted and gilded; few traces of the original surface survive on the right arm, the face and cover, the front of drapery. Figure on the left side of the picture. The finger of the feet missing sevrall losses of the lower extremity of the clothes are missing. Extensive restoration on the right shoulder (visible on the photo). The front is cracked (in shape of T) at the level of the bust. One finger of the left hand missing. The fingers of the right hand restored or replaced. Extensively worn, but the gilding and painting better preserved than the other figure.
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