Antique Italian 15th Century Carved Wood Hand-Painted Madonna Statue Vecchietta 1460 Redo the leather writing surface was

the leather writing surface was most likely professionally replaced in the early 20th century

Syphilus is a shepherd who is afflicted with the disease after insulting the sun god

The urns were designed to receive fragrant pot pourri

the links are solid

Antique Italian 15th Century Carved Wood Hand-Painted Madonna Statue Vecchietta 1460 Redo the leather writing surface wasAn important Italian Renaissance carved walnut & polychrome statue of The Madonna, Siena, by Lorenzo di Pietro (1420 1480) also known as Vecchietta, the statue circa 1460. This very beautiful Sienese carved Virgin from the late 1400s was a devotional object, it depicts the Virgin Mary kneeling in adoration. The figure is deftly and sensitively carved from limewood and gesso and is archetypical of the Sienese school of carving; depicting a graceful,