Latin America, Brazil, ca. 18th to 19th century. Five carved wooden santos (devotional figures of saints), standing in robes, some holding attributes, with worn polychromy.

Santos were carved for churches and family oratories throughout colonial Brazil, especially in Minas Gerais and the north-east. From the estate collection of Helena and Ladislas Segy, NYC, acquired 1950s–1980s.