Virgin Of Humility - Spain - 16th Century

From the 14th century onwards, representations of the Virgin of Humility gradually replaced those of the Virgin in Majesty, seated on her throne and dominating the earthly world. The plague, in fact, prompted a demand for humbler creations. Closer to the suffering people, the throne disappeared, the face became more human and therefore more relatable, and the feet were sometimes bare.
Our Virgin, carved in walnut, is seated with a hollowed back. A veil rests behind her head, and she wears a belted dress and a cloak fastened across her chest, one end of which falls over the front. A Spanish work from the second half of the 16th century.
Dimensions: 64 cm high, 32 cm wide and deep. In used condition with losses and old wormholes.
Appraised by Ms. Laurence Fligny.
Reference 328