ADVENT VIRGIN MARY FIGURE
Advent Calendar Day 23
Carved wooden figure representing the Virgin Mary
This figure of the Virgin Mary was possibly carved in the Netherlands during the first half of the sixteenth century.
When seen from the front, the figure kneels on a red cushion with tasselled ends, with her hands held together in prayer. The piece is likely to be a fragment from an Adoration group which itself may have formed part of a larger altarpiece.
Carved wooden figure representing the Virgin Mary
1500–1500
Netherlands
Painted and gilded wood
AN1836.p146.494
See it on display in the Ashmolean Story Gallery
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