Immaculate Conception / Inmaculada Concepcion
Inmaculada Concepcion / Immaculate Conception
18th Century
Wood
Height: 40 cm or 16 in.
Wood with traces of gesso
Provenance: Collection of Jose and Carolyn Savellano
Purchased in New Orleans
A small but magnificent image of the Virgin Mary in the avocation of the Immaculate Conception. The Virgin wears a loose fitting tunic that falls to her feet in gentle overlapping folds. Over her tunic, the Virgin wears a mantle that is draped loosely in the back; crosses the front from the right and is tucked under her arm. The eponymous tuck or suk-suk usually found in the back of similar type Virgins is missing.
The Virgin's face is beautifully rendered. The hair is carved in the archaic manner of individual strands. Her arms are folded and held somewhat to the left. Her expression serene.
She stands on cumulo-nimbus clouds resting on the back of a winged demon. The demon exhibits the facial features of a bear (?) with clawed feet. Maybe a dragon? In the back of the image, one can see thescaled and ridged tail of the beast winding around the cloud base. The whole stands on an integral, plinth base.
Immaculate Conception / Inmaculada Concepcion
Inmaculada Concepcion / Immaculate Conception
18th Century
Wood
Height: 40 cm or 16 in.
Wood with traces of gesso
Provenance: Collection of Jose and Carolyn Savellano
Purchased in New Orleans
A small but magnificent image of the Virgin Mary in the avocation of the Immaculate Conception. The Virgin wears a loose fitting tunic that falls to her feet in gentle overlapping folds. Over her tunic, the Virgin wears a mantle that is draped loosely in the back; crosses the front from the right and is tucked under her arm. The eponymous tuck or suk-suk usually found in the back of similar type Virgins is missing.
The Virgin's face is beautifully rendered. The hair is carved in the archaic manner of individual strands. Her arms are folded and held somewhat to the left. Her expression serene.
She stands on cumulo-nimbus clouds resting on the back of a winged demon. The demon exhibits the facial features of a bear (?) with clawed feet. Maybe a dragon? In the back of the image, one can see thescaled and ridged tail of the beast winding around the cloud base. The whole stands on an integral, plinth base.