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Cleveland Museum of Art139493portraitIgnaz Günther (German, 1725–1775)c. 1770CC0cma sacred-art portraits objects-with-gravity sacred art objects with gravity statue virgin mary jesus child religious art polychrome wood carving italian renaissance baroque gold blue white angel globe pedestal religious figurative the immaculate conceptionIgnaz Günther (German, 1725–1775) c. 1770 Germany, Munich, 18th century painted and gilded wood Sculpture European ReligiousSacred & Devotional Faces in Time Objects with Gravity
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The Immaculate Conception by Ignaz Günther (German, 1725–1775) (c. 1770). Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.294
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The Christian doctrine of the Immaculate Conception maintains that the Virgin Mary was conceived free from sin, ready to be the pure vessel for Christ’s birth. Depicting such an abstract idea required specific imagery. The moon beneath the Virgin’s feet, for example, comes from the New Testament vision of Saint John the Evangelist (Revelation 12:1) of “a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet,” while the serpent upon which she treads symbolizes Christ’s triumph over original sin. With his characteristically delicate modeling, elongated proportions, and soft coloring, Ignaz Günther created an archetypal image of innocence on the cusp of womanhood.
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A polychrome wooden statue depicts the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus, set upon a globe-supported pedestal.
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