PEDRO ANTONIO FRESQUIS Painted Wood and Gesso Cristo Crucificado gilt mirror Titled: Fruit Vase / Published

Titled: Fruit Vase / Published by Currier & Ives / 152 Nassau St

These pieces offer many creative uses

including leaves that flare upward

Stamped: F

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PEDRO ANTONIO FRESQUIS Painted Wood and Gesso Cristo Crucificado gilt mirror Titled: Fruit Vase / PublishedDETAILS An antique carved wooden and gesso crucifix figure of Jesus Christ on the cross hand painted with natural pigments. STYLE Spanish Colonial Folk Art COLOR(S) Polychrome PLACE OF ORIGIN New Mexico United States MAKER Attributed to Pedro Antonio Fresquis (American, circa 1749 1831) Active: Truchas, New Mexico PERIOD Early 19th century DATE Circa 1800, later cross DIMENSIONS Width 16. 5 Depth 4. 5 Height 31. 75 inches CONDITION Note: the cross is