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The Infant Jesus of Mechelen ((フランス語:l'Enfant Jésus de Malines)) is an unadorned Roman Catholic 16th-century wooden image depicting the Child Jesus holding a globus cruciger and imparting a priestly Catholic blessing. Among Santo collectors, the image is often referred to the "fraternal twin" of the Santo Niño de Cebu, with which it shares crucial similarities on posture, gesture, facial expression, and measurement. In September 2009, the image was privately acquired and now housed in the Louvre Museum under security glass. It is displayed naked without any regalia, accessories or vestments formerly associated with other Child Jesus icons. ==Description== The image depicts Jesus Christ in his infancy stage. The polychrome materials and characteristics are distinctly from Mechelen, a former part of the Southern Netherlands dating from the early 1500s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Étude et restauration de l’Enfant Jésus de Malines )〕 The child image alone is made of walnut, carved in a single block piece of wood. The present image is untouched, devoid of any professional restoration work and comprises the following details: * A cross presumably attached to the Globus Cruciger is missing, and is replaced with a modern finial. * The uncircumcised phallus of the image is mutilated, unrestored. * The right forearm of the image is cracked and broken, but was re-attached. * The feet of the child is attachéd to its hexagonal ''peana'' or red lacquered base using two metal rods (similar to Napolitan Jesus images). * The frontal hexagonal base made of oak wood is adorned with floral and bead carvings. * The facial resemblance of the image is playfully frolic, with a pinched mouth and pinkish cheekbones. * The curled hair is gilded with pure gold leaf. No evidence of hair wig in place. Evidence of European colonial characteristics are present on the statue, such as the gilding of the hair using gold leaf while lead paint and oily potassium is used to the skin, similar to the Encarnacion style of sculpting and painting. Further microscopic examination show research that the image was carved in Mechelen, but was probably painted in Brussels then taken to be distributed in the colonized territories of Spain. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Infant Jesus of Mechelen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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