Auction 95 Antiques & Works of Art

573

The Virgin of the Assumption


Estimate

8.000 - 12.000


Session 2

5 March 2020



Description

Terracotta sculpture
On a cloud with putti on a volute and foliage scroll stand
Portugal, 18th century 1st half

Height: 42 cm


Category

Sculpture


Additional Information

This terracotta sculpture is defined by the exceptional quality of the putti's faces
Subtly incorporated in this mass of figures a moon crescent is identifiable.
This quality of the present piece is comparable to some Italian Baroque terracotta sculptures its contemporaries

Bibliography:
"Colecção de Escultura da Misericórdia de Lisboa Século XVI ao século XX", p. 111, n. 76.



Closed Auction