VIRGIN WITH CHILD. POLYCHROMED WOOD. SPANISH SCHOOL, 13TH CENTURY.
Antiques - Sculpture
Reference: ZE087
Virgin and Child. Carved and polychromed wood. Spanish school, 13th century. It has faults. Polychrome wooden carving showing the Virgin seated on a throne, with her right hand raised holding a spherical object, dressed in a long tunic and mantle and wearing a veil and crown, also holding the Child on one knee, who is seated on his mother's knee, dressed in a red and gold tunic and also wearing a crown on his head Iconographically, this type of work was common during the Romanesque period in Europe, a time when Christian theology viewed the Virgin Mary as the vehicle of salvation through her son Jesus. Over time (and with the theological emphasis on Mary's role as Mother of God), the initially hieratic pose of this group evolved, as exemplified by this sculpture. Compare with Our Lady of the Snows of Villaumbroso in Palencia (14th century), or the Virgin of Mirón in Soria (14th century carving), or the repainted Virgin of La Cerca of Andosilla in Navarra (13th-14th centuries), or the one in the church of San Pedro Apóstol in Arbués in Huesca which has been dated to the 14th century (similar to the present one in the throne, the crowns, the posture of Jesus, etc.), or the one from the last third of the 13th century that belongs to the collections of the Prado Museum in Madrid, the one of the Rosary of Villálvaro in Soria (14th century), etc.
· Size: 28x20x90 cms
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