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Peter Harris Clocks & Militaria has dated this Antique Wooden Madonna Figure to the 18th Century.
Originally it probably formed the upper part of a Maria Immaculata composition, featuring the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, which was the most important iconographic type depicting the Virgin Mary in Rococo and Baroque art. The portrayal of the Virgin descending from Heaven to Earth, standing upon a crescent moon, surrounded by angels and with her hands extended or held together in front of her was a popular theme in painting and wooden sculpture in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Measurements
33cm high x 12cm wide x 7cm deep.
Provenance: Sotheby's 22nd of May 1996
Dimensions
33cm high x 12cm wide x 7cm deep.
Price. £680.
Peter Harris Clocks & Militaria has dated this Antique Wooden Madonna Figure to the 18th Century.
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A Southern Italian Painted Pine Figure of the Immaculate Virgin, 17th/18th Century.
