A CARVED WOOD, POLYCHROME PAINTED AND PARCEL GILT RELIEF PANEL PROBABLY SPANISH OR SPANISH COLONIAL, 17TH CENTURYDepicting the Child Christ as Salvator Mundi, his right hand outstretched to bless, left hand cradling the orb emblematic of the earth, his clothes decorated with symbols of The Passion, painted background with attendant saints and angels and fragments of musical text, polychrome on pine, in a later mixed wood tabernacle style frame with flanking fluted columns in a rich Ionic order, frieze of angel heads, the panel 92 by 65cm, the frame 118cm high, 101cm wide, 16cm deep Provenance: Christie's, London, The Collection of Renaissance Furniture, Objects of Art, Porcelain and Majolica formed by the late Edward George Coles Esq, 25th November 1926, Lot 68. Catalogued at the time as A terra-cotta relief of the Infant Saviour, painted and partly gilt, in frame supported by columns- 43 in. high, 40 in wide. Purchased back by a member of the family for 80 guineas and thence by family descent.The whole with paint loss from rubbing, age and use. This is most pronounced to the lower third of the main panel (perhaps suggestive of the reach of a cleaner in a former setting)Paint loss also most noticeable to; right hand, raised sections of robes, left eyeTraces of worm throughout but most noticeably to fluted pilasters and raised body.Main section looks to have been constructed from 3- possibly 4- vertical panels and there is now attendant and visible shrinkage resulting in vertical gaps- most noticeable to either side of child's head- and entirety of the right hand margin. There has been discussion with regards the construction of the main panel- with oak or a combination of other woods being suggestedOrb probably formerly with cross surmount making it an orb cruciger.Frame with losses to surface to margins, corners and capitals- capitals look to have been possibly repainted- or the original paint has denatured.Please see additional images which form a part of this condition report