AN ITALIAN BRONZE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARYAFTER GIUSEPPE OBICI (ITALIAN, 1807-1878),
the Virgin Mary standing on a horned sphere, held up by the four evangelists' symbols, the bronze on a circular (red breccia) marble stand
29cm high
Catalogue Note
The statue of The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary can be found in central Rome in the Piazza di Spagna. The statue itself stands upon a Corinthian column sculpted in ancient Rome. The city firemen originally erected the column, and during the Feast of Immaculate Conception, the head of the Italian Fire Department places a bouquet, with the motto 'We Stop Fires, Giving Our Hearts', through the Virgin Mary's open right arm, signalling the start of the Christmas season in Rome and the rest of Italy.
AN ITALIAN BRONZE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARYAFTER GIUSEPPE OBICI (ITALIAN, 1807-1878),
the Virgin Mary standing on a horned sphere, held up by the four evangelists' symbols, the bronze on a circular (red breccia) marble stand
29cm high
Catalogue Note
The statue of The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary can be found in central Rome in the Piazza di Spagna. The statue itself stands upon a Corinthian column sculpted in ancient Rome. The city firemen originally erected the column, and during the Feast of Immaculate Conception, the head of the Italian Fire Department places a bouquet, with the motto 'We Stop Fires, Giving Our Hearts', through the Virgin Mary's open right arm, signalling the start of the Christmas season in Rome and the rest of Italy.
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