St Cecilia

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Seville (made)

In scale and pose this statuette recalls figures made in the South Netherlands, but its polychromy and facial features suggest it is Spanish, almost certainly made in Andalucía. The distinctive courtly costume echoes the paintings of individual saints by the Seville painter Francisco Zurbarán (1598-1664).

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Categories	Sculpture SCRAN
Object type	Statuette
Title	St Cecilia (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted and gilt oak Oak Painting
Brief description	Statuette, St. Cecilia, Seville, c.1610-30
Physical description	Painted and gilt oak statuette depicting St Cecilia.
Dimensions	Height: 38.2cm
Subject depicted	Cecilia (Saint)
Summary	In scale and pose this statuette recalls figures made in the South Netherlands, but its polychromy and facial features suggest it is Spanish, almost certainly made in Andalucía. The distinctive courtly costume echoes the paintings of individual saints by the Seville painter Francisco Zurbarán (1598-1664).
Bibliographic references	Trusted, Marjorie. Spanish Sculpture. London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996. 172 p., ill. ISBN 1851771778. List of Objects in the Art Division South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1890. Arranged according to the dates of acquisition, with appendix and indices. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1891. pp. 44 Maskell, A. Wood Sculpture. London. 1911. pp. 211, pl. XXXII
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	378-1890

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Record created	November 13, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70088/st-cecilia-statuette-unknown/

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