Continental School Polychrome and Giltwood Mythological Sculpture

19th century and later, carved wood with gesso, polychrome and gilt, two-part form featuring a reclined Classical female enveloped in a cloud, possibly a representation Io (the mortal daughter of the river god Inachus) and Jupiter, unmarked.

11 3/4 x 25 x 11 in.

From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.

Some scattered losses and flaking to gilt, with areas of associated later gilt restoration; a few minor hairlines, appear stable; later cloud base.