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Baroque Dressing Table, Crowned Virgin Mary, Wood, Spain

Outstanding traditional Castilian millstone, wheel, or millstone, circular in shape. The piece is made of granite, and various radial grooves can be seen, which were used to grind wh...

Outstanding bust of a young man wearing a turban, known as the “Bust of Barbados.” The face displays a serious and intense expression, with marked eyebrows, firm, full lips, and a g...

Framed Hmong Ethnic Necklace, Silver Plated Metal, 20th Century – Laos, Thailand Extraordinary and rarely seen ethnic necklace made of silver plated metal, from Thailand. Recently f...

Outstanding painting depicts a small boy with a serene face and mischievous gaze, holding a ball in one hand while, with the other, he strokes or holds a large dog, probably a Saint ...

Traditional religious wood Sculpture of a virgin. Made in Catalonia Spain, circa 1940. It's a beautiful piece of religious wood with glass eyes. In original condition, with ...

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...

OUR LADY OF GLORY WITH ORATORY Brazilian sculpture of the 19th century , in polychrome and gilded wood. Oratory in painted and gilded wood. Small defects. Dim.: (sculpture) 42 cm; (...

This striking sculpture, titled “Virgen de Talpa”, was created in 2004 by Mexican artist Danilo Lópes. Crafted from papier-mâché, the piece demonstrates rema...