A PARCEL-GILT AND -SILVERED POLYCHROME CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF THE IMMACULATE VIRGIN

A PARCEL-GILT AND -SILVERED POLYCHROME CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF THE IMMACULATE VIRGIN
BY P. ARAUGO, NORTHERN SPANISH OR PORTUGUESE, 1694
The Virgin depicted wearing a silver-gilt halo and standing on a stylised cloud and crescent moon and with a cherub by her right leg; both figures with inset glass eyes; signed and dated beneath the cloud 'P. Araugo fe 1694'; on a later brown-painted rectangular wood base; minor wear to polychromy and areas probably refreshed
37¾ in. (96 cm.) high; 42¾ in. (108 cm.) high, overall