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A parcel-gilt polychrome carved wood group of the Virgin and Child 'Sedes Sapientiae'
A parcel-gilt polychrome carved wood group of the Virgin and Child 'Sedes Sapientiae'

SPANISH, POSSIBLY CATALAN, 14TH CENTURY

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A parcel-gilt polychrome carved wood group of the Virgin and Child 'Sedes Sapientiae'
Spanish, possibly Catalan, 14th century
The Virgin depicted seated on a throne with a lily in her proper right hand and the Christ Child standing on her knee; losses to the polychromy, refreshments to the gilding and polychromy, minor losses to the carving
95 cm. high

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Marleen Rengers
Marleen Rengers

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This representation of the Virgin and Child; the so called Sedes Sapientiae or Throne of Wisdom, first appeared in the early 13th century. For sculpture it was the dominant depiction of the Virgin and Child in Spain Catalonia, the Pyrinees and France.