Madonna and Child and St. John, Alabaster, 19th century

Ligurian school, 18th century Madonna and Child and St. John Marble, cm h. 43 - Base, cm 16 x 8 The sculpture under consideration, depicting a Madonna and Child with St. John at her feet, represents a marble artifact referable to the 18th-century Genoese school, which developed in the wake of the great Baroque sculptors of 17th-century Genoa, such as Pierre Puget...

First half of the 19th century Madonna and Child with souls in Purgatory Lacquered and gilded papier-mache with polychrome wooden base cm 96.5 x 37.5 x 28 "At that time I asked the Lord Jesus: 'For whom do I still have to pray?'. Jesus answered me that the following night he would make me known for whom I had to pray. I saw the Custodian Angel, who ordered me to follow him. At a moment I found myself in a foggy place, invaded by fire and, in it, a huge crowd of suffering souls. These souls pray with great fervour, but without effectiveness for themselves: only we can help them. The flames that burned them, they did not touch me. My Guardian Angel did not abandon me for a moment. And I asked those souls what their greatest torment was. And they unanimously answered me that their greatest torment is the ardent desire of God. I read the Madonna who visited the souls of Purgatory. The souls call Mary 'Star of the Sea'. She brings them refreshment ". (Diary of Sister Faustina Kowalska p. 11) A Polish religious, Saint Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) reinterpreted in the pages of her testimony the ancient role of the Virgin as savior and supporter of the souls of Purgatory. The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council established that, assumed into Heaven, the Mother of God should operate a continuous intercession in favor of those children waiting for Paradise who were in the place, quoted for the first time by Pope Gregory the Great...

19thC Bust of Juliette Récamier Alabaster, 42 x 23 x 11 cm The sculpture depicts the bust of Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard, better known as Juliette Récamier or Madame R...

Tuscan school, 17th century Madonna with Child - from the Impruneta Tondo Measures: Polychrome terracotta, 65 x 46 x 10 cm This polychrome terracotta relief, gently jutting...

19th century Pair of desks with portraits of Petrarch and Leonardo (2) Alabaster, 34 and 35 cm diam The pair of alabaster discs features a central cameo with the effigy of Petrarch and Leonardo, probably part of a larger series that featured illustrious characters from Italian history. On the openwork frame of Petrarch there are portraits of some characters who face each other, combined for centuries, as can be seen from the shapes of the garments that span several centuries: from the thirteenth century, in which men wear long-tipped bonnets, to the fifteenth century and Sixteenth century, the two characters at the top, in the seventeenth century, with wide collars, up to the eighteenth century. Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) embodies the figure of the humanist intellectual par excellence, entirely dedicated to the study of Latin conceived as the only form of expression worthy of a man of letters, so as to serve any form of written communication, including letters and the reflection on himself witnessed in the Secretum. A personality made more complex by obsessive perfectionism, which led him to a continuous and infinite editing of the work which he also flaunted to consider as minor and which instead ensured him an undying fame among posterity, the Canzoniere. But the only aspect fixed in the collective imagination is that of the lover who idolizes the places where his ideal love blossomed...

School of Titian, (Pieve di Cadore, 1488/1490 - Venice, 1576) Madonna with Child and San Giovannino Oil on canvas, 105 x 78 cm The work under consideration depicts a half-figure o...

19th century Italian alabaster Gothic revival virgin and child.

Introducing our exquisite Antique Madonna & Child Sculpture/Religious Icon, originating from 19th-century Italy. This captivating masterpiece showcases...

This is an 18th century iconic figure of the Madonna and Child. Signed 'Lugo'.

Carved from wood with lovely details. The pedestal dimensions are 21 W X 16 Deep and 11 H which makes the overall height about 60".

A stunning and most impressive Italian 19th century white Carrara marble life-size statue of Madonna and child. The statue signed Gria Flli Lapini 1895, is raised by a beautiful dome...

16th Century Madonna and child wood carving, retaining some original polychrome decoration sizes 67 cms high, 30cms wide and 25 cms deep