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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3035304, member: 2844"]I agree, it is St Francis/Francesco of Asissi, preaching to the doves. He is the patron saint of my family.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gian, could it be ceramic? Painted terracotta maybe?</p><p>I see an overlap in the lower part of his hood, that is something you could get if you used a single strip of clay to shape that lower part. Here in the centre of this detail:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]290377[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3035304, member: 2844"]I agree, it is St Francis/Francesco of Asissi, preaching to the doves. He is the patron saint of my family.:) Gian, could it be ceramic? Painted terracotta maybe? I see an overlap in the lower part of his hood, that is something you could get if you used a single strip of clay to shape that lower part. Here in the centre of this detail: [ATTACH=full]290377[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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