Female Saint

Abstract

Created in the 18th century, the wood sculpture represents an unknown female saint. Since the sculpture is missing its hands, it is difficult to interpret which attributes she would have carried. The red dress and blue mantle painted onto the figure recalls the Virgin Mary’s garb. However, other saints were also dressed in similar clothes. The sculpture is not in good condition; wood-burrowing insects have damaged most of the sculpture's face and body. The sculpture underwent restoration in 1982 and is now on display at the Museo Diocesano di Vallo della Lucania. Photograph(s) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.