Spanish, early 16th century

the Virgin seated with the Child on her lap, tenderly holding His left foot

Losses and wear to polychrome and gilding as is evident in the catalogue photograph. Minor evidence of old worming . Christ's left hand missing and finials of the crown missing. Polychrome to faces and skin refreshed with old paint visible beneath. Loose paintwork on left wrist of the Virgin.
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With the cross-fertilisation of artistic influences between the Netherlands and Spain in the second half of the fifteenth century, Spanish devotional imagery became far more pictorial.  In the present tender group of the Mother and Child, the realistic rendition of the drapery with soft folds which fall from her lap to around her feet and the realistic depiction of the Child, this is very apparent. For a stylistically comparable interpretation note the Adoration group in Covarubbias collegiate church illustrated by Müller.

RELATED LITERATURE
T. Müller, Sculpture in the Netherlands, Germany, France and Spain 1400-1500 (London 1966) pl. 152b