THIS IS A VERY ELEGANT CHURCH CRUCIFIX FROM THE MID 18TH CENTURY , LATE BAROQUE TIMES CARVED WOOD CRUCIFIX WITH CORPUS OF JESUS CHRIST LIKELY FROM A SMALL CITY CHURCH IN STRASBOURG, FRANCE . THE CORPUS ITSELF IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME FINGER LOSSES AND THE BIG TOE OF THE RIGHT FOOT ALL OF WHICH ARE EASILY RESTORED  . THE SKULL AT THE BASE OF THE CROSS IS MISSING AS WELL AS THE “INRI” SIGN . PLEASE STUDY THE PICS CAREFULLY . THE POLYCHROMING POLYCHROME IS ORIGINAL AND PRETTY MUCH INTACT. THE FULL CRUCIFIX MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 29 1/2” TALL HAND TO HAND AND 19 1/2” HEAD TO TOE. DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A RARE ANTIQUE RELIC FROM THE TIME OF LOUIS XV . 

I AM SELLING OFF MY COLLECTION OF OVER 30 YEARS OF CROSSES AND CRUCIFIXES . I WILL BE POSTING ALL TYPES AND AGES OVER THE NEXT YEAR. SOME PIECES FROM MY COLLECTION HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN MUSEUM EXHIBITS AND HAVE BEEN LOANED OUT TO UNIVERSITIES FOR STUDY. I WILL INCLUDE THOSE SPECIFICS WHEN I POST PIECES RELATED TO EXHIBITS IN PARTICULAR. 

PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

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