Crowned Virgin 18th Century, 56 Cm, Gilded Wood Sculpture With Gold Leaf

Wood sculpture gilded with gold leaf, very beautiful expression for this sculpture, drapery and faces very neat.
good general condition French School
Period: 18th century
Subject: Crowned Virgin with Child, Jesus only wore a crown of thorns. It was in the 17th century that Count Alexander Sforza, to show his piety towards the Mother of God, sent at his own expense, golden crowns to the most famous Virgins of his time.
Since 1631, the date of this initiative, more than 400 crowns have been distributed.
A crown is a traditional symbolic form of headgear or hat worn by a monarch or a divinity, for whom the crown traditionally represents power, legitimacy, victory, triumph, honor and glory, as well as immortality, justice and resurrection.
Dimensions: Height: 56 cm - Width: 25 cm - depth: 17 cm

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Sculpture visible at our gallery in L'Isle sur la Sorgue (France), on weekends.
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