Detail of NEAPOLITAN NATIVITY SCENE Museo Nacional de Escultura Policromada National Museum of Polychrome Sculpture Valladolid

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Detail of NEAPOLITAN NATIVITY SCENE Museo Nacional de Escultura Policromada National Museum of Polychrome Sculpture Valladolid Spain This section shows one of the three wise men with a loaded camel The complete display comprises 620 items collected over years by the Garcia de Castro family and acquired by the Spanish State in 1996 There are a total of 184 human figures and a wealth of rich detail made by a technique using various materials including flexible wire hemp carved wood baked clay worked by the finest sculptors Scenes depicted include a market place inn dance dancing street beggars tavern shepherd court animals and more A supreme example of this type of polychrome art NEAPOLITAN NATIVITY SCENE NATIONAL MUSEUM SPAIN

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Size: 5200px × 3454px
Location: Museo Nacional de Escultura Policromada National Museum of Polychrome Sculpture Valladolid
Photo credit: © David Keith Jones / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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