This pair are distinguished from most by the very high quality carving of both the figures and pedestals. Often the Venetian carvers would produce either a white youth in blackface, or a stage version of a black person. These, in contrast, treat sympathetically the subject and model the figures with regard to how such a couple might actually look. He is modelled holding aloft a plinth; she stands gracefully in attendance, dressed in draped shawl and a skirt. Each stands on a panelled shaped square plinth on a low columnar pedestal. They are neither guyed nor prettyfied but treated with respect by a master-carver. They are very Orientalist in sensibility and make one think of the paintings of Rudolf Ernst or Ludwig Deutch and their treatment of such subjects there is a panel of calligraphy that we have not yet been able to translate.
Width 17"
Depth 17"
Height 63"
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