Figure of Virgin Mary
unknown folk sculptor
Basic information
- ID
- С-I-949
- Author
- unknown folk sculptor
- Name
- Figure of Virgin Mary
- Date of creation
- 17th c.
- Country
- Ukraine
- Culture
- Folk
- Technique
- carving polychromy
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 72 x 21 x 8.5 cm (height x width x depth)
Additionally
- Type
- sculpture
- Genre
- religious
- Plot
- Virgin Mary
- Provenance
- Lanovychi village, Sambir district, Lviv region
Information about author
Object description
Sculptural representations of the Virgin Mary can be found in art as elements of the Crucifixion and an independent iconographic subject. Carved from a single piece of wood, the full-length figure of the Virgin Mary, with her head bowed and her hands folded in prayer on her chest, is the embodiment of submission and humility. The elongated static figure of the Virgin Mary is dressed in a long red tunic. Her head is covered with a maphorion, which surrounds her beautiful face with sharp folds, falls on her shoulders, covers the front of her body up to the waist and almost reaches her feet from the back. The folds of the saint's robe are modelled with rhythmic fluting, often determined by the wood texture used to guide the sculptor's chisel. The method of modelling the face with minor cuts enhances the naivety of the image. In general, the work is characterised by simplified forms.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
