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Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Immaculate Conception

NameImmaculate Conception
Artist Artist not recorded
Date18th - 19th century
Place madeBrazil, South America
MediumHardwood, gesso, paint
Dimensions7 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (19 × 8 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Harriet Bigney, A.1978.20.1
Object numberA.1978.20.1
Collections
DescriptionStanding figure of young woman with hands on breast in attitude of prayer. Gown painted white with large brownish flower designs; mantle blue with traces of white flower pattern, and red lining; head veil blue where paint remains.