PEDRO ANTONIO FRESQUIS Painted Wood and Gesso Cristo Crucificado gilt mirror Songbook & staff

Songbook & staff

With custom white glass shades

The silver mounted decoration would have been done by a silversmith converting it into a drinking vessel

5 Depth 32

including leaves that flare upward

PEDRO ANTONIO FRESQUIS Painted Wood and Gesso Cristo Crucificado gilt mirror Songbook & staffDETAILS 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