A pair of original antique Italian 19th century Venetian Blackamoor statue figures. Made from carved wood with gesso overlay and hand painted to finish. This pair of Blackamoors are particularly charming with turquoise, green, orange, blue and gold colours. Each figure holds a tray and is stood on an octagonal base painted to simulate marble.
Blackamoor art was particularly popular from the 17th to 19th century in Venice and Italy as a whole. The art came from a widening appeal of what would then have been considered relatively unknown exotic cultures, in this case the Moors of North Africa. Wealthy people from these times would have employed Moors to work in their households and dressed them in opulent clothing to further show their wealth and prestige, being extremely popular in aristocratic homes across the whole of Europe.
 
Dimensions Of Each
Height: 161cm
Base: 33cm x 33cm
 
Condition
Over all in good condition for age. Some areas of filling and over painting as to be expected, with minor shrinkage cracks to the sections, nothing that it is detrimental or takes away from the over all aesthetic of the pieces.