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Lucca
Lucca (prov.)
Toscana

Piazza San Michele
(Chiesa di San Michele in Foro)

Madonna con Bambino

St. Mary and Child

The mother of Jesus Christ
(Wikipedia)

Matteo Civitali
1480 (copy)

Description

Marble statue of St. Mary and child on a console on the lower right corner of the façade of the church. The statue is placed to celebrate the end of the 1476 plague. The present statue is a copy.

Sculptor

Matteo Civitali (Lucca 1436 - Lucca 1502), Italian sculptor and architect, painter and engineer, his statue in Lucca (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Chiesa di San Michele in Foro.

Locatie (N 43°50'35" - E 10°30'8") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: itto146; Photograph: 16 May 2017
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