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VIRGIN WITH CHILD in carved wood, hollowed out...

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VIRGIN WITH CHILD in carved wood, hollowed out back. Seated on a throne bench, Mary's bust upright, she is carrying her Son seated on her left knee; her face has stylized features with semicircular arches of the eyebrows, protruding almond-shaped eyeballs and a mouth represented by a horizontal groove; she is dressed in a girdled dress with a simple neckline and a cloak, one side of which returns to the front and forms beak-shaped folds between the legs. Italy, Piedmont, end of the 13th century Height: 96 cm (some missing parts, including the right forearm of the Virgin)