The graceful Madonna is seated on a bank of clouds with emerging winged cherub's heads on either side. She looks tenderly downwards towards the Christ Child who stands beside her and places her arm protectively behind him. It was the model for a larger wood carving in the church of St Martin's in Heers, Belgium.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Virgin and Child, 1702
Date supported
2006
Medium and material
Terracotta
Dimensions
70 x 49.5 cm
Grant
25000
Total cost
95000
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