Saint Or Virgin Of The Robe. Wood, Metal. Spanish School, 17th Century.

Saint or Virgin of the Robe. Wood, metal. Spanish school, 17th century.
It has defects.
The female figure is standing (right leg forward) on a small polygonal base. In partially polychrome wood, note the elaborate work of the feet (which protrude from the "robe"), the hands up to the wrists, the head and the neck. The skull is prepared to receive hairpieces or clothing. As for sculptures of clothing, they are very common in the Spanish Baroque, and there may be works where the invisible part is barely sketched and others where the entire sculpture is found, with many intermediate points (see the present case). Let us recall the San Antonio Abad by Benito Silveira made in the second half of the 18th century and preserved at the National Sculpture Museum of Valladolid, an 18th-century San Francisco de Paula preserved at the Museo del Carmen in Maipú (Santiago de Chile), etc. -
Dimensions: 33x25x87 cm