Important Virgin and Child in oak carved with... Lot 43

Important Virgin and Child in oak carved with polychrome remains, hollowed back. Seated on a throne bench, with her right bust, Mary holds a scepter in her right hand and carries the blessing Child Jesus on her left knee; head framed by hair on which a veil is placed; face with regular features with hemmed eyes and heavy chin; she is dressed in a girdled dress with a simple neckline and a mantle whose one side surrounds the right arm to return to the front of the legs forming simple and geometric folds; back hollowed out with a rectangular relic reserve; base with sides. Artois, former Benedictine abbey of Saint-Bertin in Saint-Omer, circa 1300 Height: 100 cm (sphere and sceptre redone) Provenance: Collection Maurice Larminet (1883-1968), Mons-en-Baroeul