Virgin Of Mercy - Virgin With A Cloak - 17th Century
Carved and gilded wood. Period circa 1630/60 - Original gilding (wear) - the figures have been reattached, later polychromy. The face has lost its polychromy - the hands of the Virgin were repainted later. weight 2.550 The Virgin Mary spreads her mantle above figures as a sign of protection. This iconography expresses the benevolence and protective intervention of Mary in favor of the humble and the weak. The Virgin Mary is symbolically represented larger than the other figures. Among these figures could be saints, donors...
780 €
Period: 17th century
Style: Renaissance, Louis 13th
Condition: Condition of use
Material: Other
Width: 23,6
Height: 37,7
Depth: 14,8
Reference (ID): 1637265
Availability: In stock
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