Neapolitan sculpture depicting "Saint Michael the Archangel" with a terracotta head with crystal eyes and polychrome wooden limbs. 20th century.

Neapolitan sculpture depicting “Saint Michael the Archangel” with a terracotta head with crystal eyes and polychrome wooden limbs.

Saint Michael is depicted at the moment in which he tramples the dragon, that is, at the moment in which he defeats evil, a typical iconography of the Neapolitan school.

The dragon is always made of polychrome wood and is placed on a gilded wooden base.

Conditions: Excellent condition.

Provenance: Naples, 20th century.