LAURANA, Francesco
(b. ca. 1430, Vrana, d. 1502, Avignon)

Madonna della Grazia (detail)

c. 1471
Marble
Chiesa dell'Immacolata, Palazzolo Acreide (Sicily)

The sculpture, which on the base bears the inscription "Sancta Maria dela Gratia de Palazu", the relief with the Dormitio Virginis, the shield of the Alagones and another, still unidentified, with a lion, was probably commissioned by the Alagona family to the church of Santa Maria della Grazia and after its destruction moved to its present location.

The detail shows the base of the sculpture.