Early 19th Century All-Wooden Carved Crib Figure

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13" (33 cm.) Carved wooden swivel head with elaborately sculpted wind-blown curly hair,thick brows and long exaggerated moustache,painted hair and facial features,brown side,strong nose,all-wooden body with dowel-jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and knees,painted knee- high boots with over-sized feet. Condition: generally excellent,some finger tip chips. Comments: early 19th century,Tyrol (Austria/Germany),portraying nobleman. Value Points: very fine quality of carving and portraiture on the all-wooden figure with articulation at neck and limbs,wearing original costume with rich metallic thread trim and tunic,attached sword. The figure was acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1928.