Vintage Italian Hand Carved Wood Standing Altar Crucifix Jesus INRI Catholic Art

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View Vintage Italian Hand Carved Wood Standing Altar Crucifix Jesus INRI Catholic Art with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. The narrow carved INRI plaque presents the letters in an unusual stacked format suited to the crucifix’s compact scale. Incised “MADE IN ITALY” country-of-origin mark. Compact freestanding design for altar, desk, shelf, or devotional display. This vintage Italian standing crucifix reflects Italy’s distinguished tradition of religious woodcarving. Likely dating from the mid-20th century, it was created as a personal devotional object for a home altar, prayer table, chapel, or religious display. The dark-stained wooden cross rises from a handsome tiered pedestal and supports a separately carved and hand-painted figure of Christ. Detailed features include the crown of thorns, painted wounds, expressive facial modeling, draped white loincloth, and traditional three-nail Crucifixion arrangement. The narrow carved INRI plaque presents the letters in an unusual stacked format suited to the crucifix’s compact scale. Notable features include: Incised “MADE IN ITALY” country-of-origin mark Carved and polychromed wooden corpus Dark-stained wood cross with stepped architectural base Approximately 7½–8 inches tall Compact freestanding design for altar, desk, shelf, or devotional display Individual hand-finished character rather than an ordinary metal-corpus crucifix The crucifix presents attractively with vintage surface wear and mellowing consistent with age. Christ’s right hand—the hand on the viewer’s left—has irregularly formed or possibly shortened fingertips. No obvious major repair is visible in that area. A meaningful piece of vintage Italian Catholic devotional art with beautiful contrast between the pale painted corpus and dark wooden cross. Please view all the photos carefully for the design, condition, dimensions, and workmanship. Condition: Used. Category: Collectibles › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Crucifixes & Crosses.

Religion

Christianity

Material

Wood