Immaculate Conception in polychrome wood with silver crown, Spanish School, 18th

Immaculate Conception in polychrome and gilded wood with Peruvian silver crown, Spanish school, 18th century A magnificent Baroque carving of the Immaculate Conception, crafted from carved, polychrome, and gilded wood, attributed to the 18th-century Spanish school. It depicts the Virgin in prayer on a cherub pedestal...

Baroque Polychrome Wooden Virgin with Period Silver Crown, 18th Century This Spanish Virgin, dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, is carved in polychrome wood (face and...

Baroque Virgin and Child in Polychrome Wood with Silver Crown, Spain, 17th Century An important Spanish Baroque sculpture of the Virgin and Child, datable to the 17th century, made ...

Virgin of Miraflores in polychrome maguey wood with Child and copper crown, 18th century Magnificent sculpture of the Virgin of Miraflores carved in polychrome maguey wood, from the ...

This finely carved and polychrome-painted wooden sculpture depicts the Immaculate Virgin Mary in a classic pose, standing atop the globe with a serpent beneath her feet — a powerful ...

Nossa Senhora da Conceição (The Immaculate Conception) Brazil (Minas Gerais), 18th century, or Luso-Brazilian Carved steatite (pedra sabão) with traces of original polychromy; mounte...

Completely hand-crafted in 18th century Spain, this sculpture of the Virgin stands 1.5 meters / 5 feet tall and was most certainly created for devotional purposes, to be displayed in a church or chapel. Besides its impressive size this sculpture is an excellent, museum-quality example of the Spanish “Estofado” polychrome technique, developed during the Gothic period to imitate rich brocade fabrics. The finely carved “fabric” areas of the sculpture would be first covered in gesso, and then a layer of gold leaf would be applied. The gold leaf would then be painted over with various colors of tempera paints. Once dry, the painted surface would be incised or scratched away in patterns, revealing the gold beneath. The sculpture was professionally restored in 2022 by a firm that is often hired by the Spanish government to work on historic building interiors and museum pieces. The virgin was carefully cleaned, repaired and its condition stabilized. A complete and fully-illustrated restoration report will be included with purchase. Often confused with the virgin birth of Jesus, the belief that the Blessed Virgin Mary herself was conceived “immaculately” without original sin has been variously defended and debated within the Catholic Church since the pre-Middle Ages. For centuries, artists struggled to create an acceptable visual representation of this highly abstract concept, in part taking inspiration from the Book of Revelation and other scriptural sources. We see the Virgin standing on a half moon (biblically inspired, though also an ancient symbol of chastity) with her long natural hair loose down her back, another indication of purity. Both her white tunic and flowing blue mantle...

Amazing Sculpture of the Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception, Olot School, 20th century – Girona, Catalonia Material: Wood pulp School: Olot School Period: Early 20th century Count...