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ENTIRELY HANDCRAFTED TERRACOTTA SCULPTURE. A RARE DEPICTION THAT OF THE MADONNA OF THE DOVE. GI’ PIERO DI COSIMO IN A 1490 PAINTING DEPICTS THE VIRGIN WITH THE CHILD AND THE DOVE. HEAD BOWED LIKE THE MADONNAS OF HUMILITY, THE BABY JESUS BLESSING AND THE DOVE ON THE PALM. IN ICONOGRAPHY, THE DOVE IS THE SYMBOL OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD, AND THIS WORK WITH STRONG SYMBOLISM IS ONE. A MASTERPIECE OF ITALIAN CRAFTSMANSHIP THE FINE DETAILS, SMALL ROSES AND ENGRAVED AGREMANI DECORATE THE ROBES.