Marble sculpture depicting the Virgin in Ecstasy, Italy, 16th - 17th century
Marmo
sculpture: 31 x 10 x 9 cm
The figure of the Immaculate Virgin sculpted in the full round in marble rests on a base of clouds and cherubs' heads and depicts the Madonna in ecstasy with crossed hands resting on her breast and looking upwards. Resting on a circular turned wooden base.
Item condition grading: **** good.
Literature: AAVV, La Scultura a Genova e in Liguria, dal Seicento al Primo Novecento, volume secondo, Fratelli Pagano ed., Genova, 1987, p. 20