Spanish school; 19th century

Spanish school; 19th century.
"Virgin.
Carved and polychrome wood.
Articulated piece.
Measurements: 24 x 10 x 5 cm.
The piece has articulated arms, making it easier to dress the image and it can be arranged in various poses. As is usual in these figures, both the hands and the face have greater detail in terms of the care taken in the carving, an example of which is the expressive face of the Virgin. The "cap i pota" images are figures worked in detail only on the face and hands, on a wooden structure carved to a greater or lesser extent. Although figures for dress were often used in processions, in this case it is a figure intended for private devotion, given its small size. The visible parts are covered with a thin layer of stucco and polychromed, while the rest is covered with royal robes. These images were particularly appreciated for their naturalism, as the fact that they were dressed in real clothes gave them a greater degree of realism than those that were simply carved, which were often not of sufficient quality to achieve the degree of naturalism so sought after in religious art from the Baroque period onwards.