Virgin of Calvary in wood carved in the round and polychromed. Standing with a slender barrel, her left hand resting against her cheek, Mary is dressed in a dress and a veil forming a mantle with fringed edges; the right side of the mantle is held by the right hand; beautifully draped with flowing folds in the back, supple and stepped on the left and falling down on the right. Silesia, ca. 1420 Height: 100 cm (repeated in polychrome)

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