Dove Of The Holy Spirit In Carved Wood From The 18th Century

Announcer of the end of the flood, symbol of the Holy Spirit during the baptism of Jesus, the dove represents the messenger of God, capable of transmitting messages from the Most High to men. Picasso will give her the olive branch in her beak to symbolize peace and its whiteness will be a sign of purity for young girls. Here represented with outstretched wings, suspended above the altar, she reminded the faithful of the importance of her presence as proof of the omnipresence of God within the church; Finely sculpted, it had a probably white rechampi or gilding of which only the brown plate layer remains; it is in 3 nested and pegged pieces. In addition to the traces of its suspension, there remain the after-effects of a forced landing without irremediable consequences since it is still among us, as glorious as on the first day of the 18th century when it was designed. Some healed traces of xylophages and repair of the top of a wing.