Virgin and Child in limestone, carved in the round with traces of polychromy. Holding a closed book in her right hand, she must have been carrying the Child, now missing, on her left side. Rouergue, first half of the 15th century Height: 32.5 cm (visible accidents and missing pieces) Label under the base Provenance : - Eglise des Planques (Aveyron) - former Ulysse Lacombe collection, Rodez - Sale Paris, Hôtel Drout, Piasa, May 21, 2008, lot 40, exp. Fligny. - former Y. and J. Deschamps collection, Anjou (Angers sale, Chauviré-Courant, December 10, 2019, lot 417, exp. Fligny Bibliography: J. Boccador, Statuaire médiévale de 1400 à 1530, ed. Les cles du temps, tome 1, page 25, n°122.

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