QUERCIA, Jacopo della
(b. ca. 1367, Quercia Grossa, d. 1438, Siena)

Virgin and Child

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Terracotta
San Martino, Bologna

This statue is called the Madonna del Carmine. Our Lady of Carmel, one of the oldest and most popular devotions from Christianity, is linked to the history and spiritual values of the Order of Friars of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Carmelites).




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