"Procession Mannequin, "neapolitan Capipote" Carved Wood Italy 18th"
Naples, late 18th or early 19th century. Processional mannequin known as a "capipote."
Finely carved and polychrome painted wooden sculpture of a young woman with a pleading face and sulfide eyes,
seated on a rectangular base painted to imitate marble.
Originally dressed in clothing and jewelry, it was carried in procession by the faithful.
Overall dimensions: Height 55 cm, Width 31.6 cm, Depth 29.4 cm.
The tradition of devotional statues dressed in fabric and adorned with jewelry, dating back to antiquity, intensified from the 16th to the 18th centuries, both in Italy and throughout Catholic Europe.
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