Saintly Woman
unknown folk sculptor
Basic information
- ID
- С-I-1870
- Author
- unknown folk sculptor
- Name
- Saintly Woman
- Date of creation
- early 20th c.
- Country
- Ukraine
- Technique
- carving polychrome
- Material
- wood fabric tow cardboard
- Dimensions (height x width x depth, cm)
- 70 x 29 x 11
Additionally
- Type
- sculpture
- Genre
- religious
- Plot
- Saint
- Provenance
- Lviv region
Information about author
Object description
The Western rite tradition of using figurative images of saints, martyrs and, rarely, monks for processions has been known since the Middle Ages. The processional sculptures were dressed in specially made vestments, usually of expensive cloth, decorated with Christian symbols, ornaments, and stones. This tradition became popular in the Ukrainian church in the 18th century. The surviving small figure shows the saint in a long linen tunic, girded with a belt. Her carved face is polychrome, her long hair is imitated by tow, and she wears several coral strands around her neck. The saint's head is decorated with a crown. The folk artist concentrated on the face, creating the image of a woman lost in thought, close to the common people.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
