Lot 95 Dα

Jean del Cour

A carved fruitwood figure of the Madonna Immaculata, by Jean del Cour

Fruitwood, carved in the round. A figure of the Virgin Mary shown with lowered gaze and hands raised in front of Her chest. She stands in contrapposto on a plinth designed to resemble a bank of clouds with the crescent moon and serpent at Her feet in accordance with the Madonna Immaculata type. Within the oeuvre of the Liège based sculptor Jean del Cour, this figure can be most closely compared to his depictions of the Madonna Immaculata in the church of Notre Dame in Hasselt (marble) and in the diocesan museum in Liège (terracotta, dated 1680).
In good overall condition. Some vertical hairline cracks, the back of the plinth reattached. Height 49.5 cm.