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This beautiful pair of polychrome wooden sculptures, painted in white and gold, carries the serene and deeply human spirituality of 18th-century European sacred art.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"791\">Representing <strong data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"351\">Saint John the Evangelist<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"356\" data-end=\"370\">Saint Mark<\/strong>, both of <strong data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"400\">Central European<\/strong> origin, these figures reveal a late Baroque devotional and expressive language, where gesture, gaze and gilding are not merely decorative \u2014 they serve faith, narrative and emotion. The white softens the forms, almost like an ancient light resting upon the wood; the gold, applied to the details of the garments, elevates the pieces and recalls the sacred dimension of these representations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"793\" data-end=\"1265\">Saint John the Evangelist appears with a contemplative delicacy \u2014 youthful, introspective, linked to the Word and to spiritual vision. Saint Mark, with a firmer and more solemn presence, carries the symbolic strength of the evangelist, guardian of message and tradition. I especially love this combination of sculptural innocence, authentic wear and liturgical beauty \u2014 small losses, slight wear to the paint and gilding, natural signs of a long, devout and truthful life.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1267\" data-end=\"1428\">Two sculptures with soul, silence and history. Pieces that bring to any space not only antiquity, but also contemplation, character and a rare sacred poetry.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1430\" data-end=\"1588\">Saint John the Evangelist: wood painted in white and gold, Central Europe, 18th century, small losses and slight wear to the paint and gilding. Height: 44 cm.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1590\" data-end=\"1752\">Saint Mark: wood painted in white and gold, Central Europe, 18th century, small losses, crack to the base and slight wear to the paint and gilding. Height: 41 cm.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1822\" data-end=\"2037\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some images are not merely sculptures: they are presences. 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