Large Antique French Gilt Bronze Gothic Church Altar Jesus Statue Griffins Candlestick 1890 Sold some of the engravings can

some of the engravings can be found at the National Portrait Gallery and the Courtauld Institute of Art in London and the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris

Condition is remarkably good

The child Jesus is seated on the Virgin Mary’s lap and is depicted with black hair and an illuminating halo with a cross and the infant's hand resting on a bible

This very finely antique Venetian with a golden saffron yellow body & hand-painted & gilded commode having a serpentine shaped top

The cabinet is made from the most striking figured blond ash with highly variegated grain

Large Antique French Gilt Bronze Gothic Church Altar Jesus Statue Griffins Candlestick 1890 Sold some of the engravings canA fine & large 33" tall antique French Gothic ecclesiastical gilt bronze "Vive Jesus" candlestick, circa 1890. The candlestick is very finely cast of heavy gilt bronze, the top having a pierced and reticulated sconce decorated with scroll work and fleur des lis, with a central candlestick holder, below is an octagonal cuff with Fleury shaped crosses. The column having a stylized ring of thorns cuff supported with a Corinthian style capital, below is a