Carved wooden madonna statue

A beautiful Neapolitan Madonna statue

In her wonderful stuffed body, made of hemp and wire which is typical used on these Neapolitan statues in the 18th century

Head, legs and hands are all made of wood, which is quite rare because with these fine hands they usually use terracotta

A very well skilled sculpter made this piece with stunning details, the head and hands of this statue are really fine and realistic

The head with glass inlayed eyes for a realistic and beautiful expression

The madonna is wearing shoes with a beautiful pale blue faded ribbon on them

The statue is standing on a guilded wooden base

67 cm high total

base 8 cm high

19 x 20 cm base