VIRGIN MARY (TO DRESS UP). WOOD, METAL. SPANISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY.
Antiques - Sculpture
Reference: ZF1182
Dressed Virgin. Wood, metal. Spanish school, 17th century. It has faults (hand, etc.). This polychrome wooden sculpture depicts a woman, with her head, neck, and hands meticulously carved and polychromed. She wears a sketched dress, and her arms are left exposed. Iconographically, it is almost certainly a representation of the Virgin Mary, crafted in this manner to be dressed and adorned with embellishments (hence the detailed work on the skull). The folds on the forehead, unusual in this type of work, are particularly noteworthy, resembling clothing. She wears a closed royal crown. Dressed sculptures were very common during the Spanish Baroque period. Some works had only the unseen portions roughly hewn, while others were entirely carved, with many intermediate steps (as in the present case). Examples include the Saint Anthony Abbot by Benito Silveira, created in the second half of the 18th century and housed in the National Sculpture Museum of Valladolid, and an 18th-century Saint Francis of Paola in the Carmen Museum of Maipú (Santiago, Chile), among others.
· Size: 44x28x86 cms
1.440 €
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