St. Anne and the Child Virgin

This work is exceptional both for the technique (glazed ceramic) and for the solution of the iconographic theme it presents. St. Anne, standing, wearing a costume in the fashion in use in Flanders in the fifteenth century; large folds girded by a belt, headdress and cloak. The Virgin seated on her arm, with cloak, leafing through a book. On the back of the sculpture (which is not made to be seen), there is an undeciphered monogram, possibly a workshop mark. The composition repeats a very common type when it comes to “The Virgin and Child”. Another sculpture like this one, but without head and without glass, appears photographed in the Monumental Catalog of Seville, in the private collection of (Seville). There are authors who think that the dark green glaze of this piece may be from a later date. From the collection of the Marquesa de Bermejillo. / Extracted from: A.A.V.V.: Instituto Gómez-Moreno (catalog). Granada, 1992, p. 170.