Virgin Mary with Immaculate Heart, c. 17th Century Spanish Folk Art Carving Girard tin toy 4 3/4" long x 1

4 3/4" long x 1 7/8" wide x 2 3/4" tall

produced by Stopforth & Sons

professionally framed with archival backing

I purchased this painting unframed but sandwiched between two pieces of glass that had been masking taped around the edges

" first published I believe in 1901

Virgin Mary with Immaculate Heart, c. 17th Century Spanish Folk Art Carving Girard tin toy 4 3/4" long x 1This one! I purchased her from a seller in Spain, from whom I've purchased a few other wonderful old things in the past and when I saw this little carving come available, holding heart to her chest, there was NO WAY I was going to let her get away. C. 17th century Spanish, carved wood with polychrome, with centuries of handling having worn and smoothed that wood, given the surface a sheen. Certainly it is the Madonna herself, with immaculate heart