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The delicate features and small scale suggest that this piece is Spanish, from Seville and it was probably a devotional work.\r\nThe faces of the Virgin and Child recall the small delicately featured figures by the Seville sculptor Luisa Roldán (1652-1706), and although the similarities do not warrant an attribution of the present group to the circle of Roldán, it is likely to come from Seville, and to date from towards the end of the seventeenth century.","physicalDescription":"Painted and gilt wood (probably boxwood) statuette on oak socle depicting the Virgin and Child. Mary stands and holds Christ on her left hip. She holds a sceptre in her right hand; Christ holds an orb in his left. The right hand of Christ is extended in blessing. The Virgin's left leg is extended, and her right leg is drawn back. The Christ is nude, except for some drapery over his right shoulder. 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