Spanish school; XIX century.

Spanish school; XIX century.
"Angel of the Annunciation.
Terracotta.
Presents faults.
Measurements: 51 x 16 x 13 cm.
The figure appears conceived with a serene and solemn attitude, in accordance with the importance of the evangelical episode that stars, one of the most represented themes in Christian art.made in the nineteenth century, the work reflects the continuity of traditional religious models in Spanish sculpture, combining devotional sensitivity and formal elegance. The use of terracotta allows us to appreciate the softness of the modeling and the delicacy of the details, qualities especially suitable for the representation of angelic figures.
Due to its character and typology, this piece must have been part of a set of the Annunciation or destined for a private devotional setting, constituting a representative example of nineteenth-century Spanish religious sculpture.