Sculpture, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Smarten - 59 cm - Basswood

Beautiful Gothic sculpture of Our Lady of Sorrows.

Wholly hand-carved limewood, with polychromy and remnants of gilding.

The stillness and devout pose of Mary, which simultaneously gives a very soft and vulnerable facial expression, lend the figure a lovely fragility and intensity. Belonging to a deep religious experience.

Germany / Poland, early 16th century.

Condition: usual wear to polychromy and gilding. Fingers and left foot with some wood loss. A few old nail holes where the statue was once fixed to a back panel.

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