ITALIAN, CIRCA 1700

Details

A CARVED IVORY FIGURE OF THE MOURNING VIRGIN
ITALIAN, CIRCA 1700
On an integrally carved oval plinth
9¾ in. (24.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The present figure is very similar to two figures of Theresa and Joseph in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Munich, illustrated in R. Berliner, Die Bildwerke des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums IV, 1886, nos. 399 and 400.

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