A South American painted wood figure of the Christ Child 18th/19th century, probably Brazil

the eyes inset with glass, with silver cross and repoussé halo.

Paint refreshed and flaking throughout. Partial loss to two fingers. Some restorations to hands and wrists. Some hairline age cracks.
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The lifelike polychrome wood sculpture pioneered by artists such as Juan Martínez Montañés, Juan de Mesa, and Pedro Roldán dominated sculpture in Spain and her American colonies during the Baroque period and later.  The present figure is of a popular type of the standing nude Christ Child produced for use in Eucharistic processions and private devotion.