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Rare large Virgin of Marseilles or santibelli * in polychrome and gilded terracotta, representing the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus at her side, standing on a plinth framed by two cherubs, with its decorations and ornamentation (ribbons, flower garlands, feathers ...), with its globe, vintage late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This Virgin is in good condition and is of very good quality. It is very decorative.
A note: a small decoration is detached (probably went to the level of the fish), wear of time especially on the decorations, see photos.
The " Santibelli " are statuettes generally around forty centimeters high . Molded in terracotta , but also in plaster , from Italy , they are painted in very bright colors , sometimes sprinkled with glitter, or gold leaf . The origin of the name of these statuettes is difficult to define: here we evoke a very Marseille nickname which qualifies as " Santibelli " the stupid of service , the sympathetic fool and not really smart . There, we imagine that " Santibelli " comes from the cry of the Italian sellers who, according to tradition, peddled these objects: " Santi ... Belli ... "; like a cry from the street , which in a short cut would have remained to designate these statuettes sold at auction .
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