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The statuette is paired with the statuette of St. John of the Cross (A. 85-1923). St Teresa of Avila was a Discalced Carmelite, whose mythical writings where hugely influential. St Teresa together with St John, a poet and mystic, founded the order of the Discalced Carmelite friars. She was canonized in 1622, while St John was canonized over a century later in 1726. Both became revered Spanish saints; they were friends and companions, and together active in the reform of the Carmelite Order in the 1560s. Both figures are likely to have been made in ca. 1730, in a slightly <i>retardataire</i> style, recalling the seventeenth century. The drapery is particularly finely carved.","physicalDescription":"Ivory statuette of St. Teresa of Avila, resting her weight on her right foot, her left leg bent behind her. She wears a Carmelite habit, holding a book in her left hand, and a rosary with a small skull and cross hanging from her waist. Her right hand is clasped to her breast, and she looks upwards. On the front of the baroque base is an angel head. 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