"Madonna of the Rose with Rose Niche"
"Madonna of the Rose with Rose Niche"
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wood | hand-carved | painted | partially gold-plated | Madonna 30 cm | niche 32 x 51 cm (w/h)
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"Madonna of the Rose with Rose Niche"
In pure manual labour, the appropriate wood is carefully selected for each object, carved in superior quality and then hand-painted with great attention to detail. Delicate climbing roses climb up both sides of this magnificent niche that Andreas Mussner designed for his Madonna of the Rose. The niche is hand-carved in finest lime wood, elaborately painted and partly gilded. The height of the Madonna is 30 cm, size of the niche is 32 x 51 cm (w/h).
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany Email: info@arsmundi.de
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About Andreas Mussner
Since the 16th century, the Val Gardena in the Dolomites has been famous for its woodcarving art. Here in the magnificent mountain scenery of the "Val Gherdeina", the majority of the population speaks Ladin, which is a language that developed around 2,000 years ago at the time of the Roman garrison. Woodcarving is so closely linked to the Val Gardena and its Ladin inhabitants. Despite World Cup races, romantic horse-drawn sleigh rides and a mighty winter silhouette, Val Gardena has always remained first and foremost the valley of the Lord God carvers.
In the family workshop of master woodcarver Andreas Mussner, this great tradition is continued: In pure manual labour, the suitable wood is carefully selected for each object, carved in superior quality and then hand-painted with great attention to detail.
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