Sculpture
Bust of the Sorrowing Virgin
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- Date
- first half of the 18th century
- Accession number
- 000.134
- Maker
- Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
- Dimensions
- 30 × 24 × 14 in. (76.2 × 61 × 35.6 cm.)
- Medium
- painted and gilded wood with painted glass eyes on a wood base covered with velvet
- Description
- The bust portrays a grieving Madonna in supplication and prayer, with clasped hands and eyes turned toward the sky.
- Credit
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.
- Department
- European Art
