Antique Italian 15th Century Carved Wood Hand-Painted Madonna Statue Vecchietta 1460 Sold dated 1800

dated 1800

in the Regence style

all of the chairs are in very good condition

all four works are accompanied with a C

the box opens and closes with ease and closes tightly

Antique Italian 15th Century Carved Wood Hand-Painted Madonna Statue Vecchietta 1460 Sold dated 1800An important Italian Renaissance carved walnut & polychrome statue of The Madonna, Siena, by Lorenzo di Pietro (1420 1480) also known as Vecchietta, the statue circa 1460. This very beautiful Sienese carved Virgin from the late 1400s was a devotional object, it depicts the Virgin Mary kneeling in adoration. The figure is deftly and sensitively carved from limewood and gesso and is archetypical of the Sienese school of carving; depicting a graceful,