Continental Polychrome Carving of a Youth With Harp and Mallet

Northwest European, 18th century or earlier, carved wood with gesso, polychrome and gilt decoration, perhaps a representation of a young David with harp, the figure dressed in shoulder wrap and floral crown, and presented atop a plinth.

28 in.

From the Estate of the late Dr. Larry Bridge, Albemarle, North Carolina

Moderate flaking to paint and gesso; areas of old but later paint; scattered chipping and surface staining; the harp with losses; plinth likely not original to the figure.