The Virgin Mary
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1801 - 1899
Materials
Limestone
Measurements
100 cm (Height)
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516614
Summary
Limestone, the Virgin Mary, probably British (English) School, probably 19th century. A limestone figure of the Virgin Mary with halo, holding lilies, a traditional attribute symbolising her purity, in the proper right hand. Part of a set of figures, with a saint with a pagan or demon at his feet (possibly Saint Geminian of Modena, NT 516613) and a bishop (NT 516615), all considerably weathered. Mounted on a stone pedestal.
Provenance
Purchased by Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966), from Thomas Crowther, receipted invoice dated 23 September 1929 for 'stone vase from Ashridge Park [i.e. NT 516653], 3 stone figures 'saints', large marble figure Ashridge Park [i.e. NT 516675], 3 stone pedestals'; bequeathed to the National Trust by Lord Fairhaven in 1966 with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (The National Trust)
References
Christie, Manson & Woods 1971: The National Trust, Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge. Inventory: Furniture, Textiles, Porcelain, Bronzes, Sculpture and Garden Ornaments’, 1971, p. 158.