Richly Carved, Openwork Wall Console With Mouflon Head, Black Forest, 19th Century, Walnut

A rare and remarkable work from the second half of the 19th century of sculpture representing in ornamentation of a wall console of applique an expressive and detailed head of Mouflon on an openwork decoration of vine branches loaded with generous leaves and bunches of grapes. The ornamental piece will be very useful of its presence on the wall to magnify and support a beautiful object vase, statue or other....I left it as is that is to say with its color and its patina, leaving free rein to the purchaser to lighten it if necessary, by seeing it with a different eye; the prowess of this sculpture of good proportion is the know-how of the "Black Forest" and the quality of this rich production is no longer to be demonstrated. Baroque as desired, this element of the decor curiously cousins with its sisters of the XVIIIth, source which inspired this talented Artist, whose mastery of the gouge is not to be demonstrated nor the finish of retouching chiseling and perfect polishing, beautiful a beautiful decorative element, useful and full of force...