The Immaculate Conception

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The Immaculate Conception
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  • Type of object:Polychrome wooden sculpture
  • Measurements (H/W/D):42 cm / 12 cm / 12 cm
  • Materials & Techniques:

    Wood, gold leaf, paint / hand-carved, gilded, painted

  • Inscriptions & Markings:

    Reverse, lower left: black paint: INV.št. NG // 205

  • Date or Period:

    1762 / Baroque period

  • Maker:Königer, Veit (1729 – 1792)
  • Subject:

    A wooden sculpture of the Immaculate Conception, a female figure with a snake beneath her legs

  • Title:The Immaculate Conception
  • Distinguishing Features:

    There are wormholes on the reverse side and on the apple. The paint layer is negligibly deteriorated and cracked. The edges are negligibly damaged.

The wooden gold sculpture of the Immaculate Conception (1762), hand-carved by the Baroque sculptor Veit Königer (1729 – 1792). The sculpture depicts a female figure in an S-shaped composition, with the weight shifted onto the right leg and the head tilted upward and to the right. The arms are outstretched and positioned to the left of her body, with hands held together in a prayer-like gesture. She is dressed in a flowing dress and a voluminous cape with a strap fastened around her waist with a bow above her right hip. Her left leg is slightly bent and stepping on a green snake. The snake has a bitten red and yellow apple in its mouth. The hair is brown, long and parted in the centre, and frames the face. Her cheeks and lips are light red. The sculpture is positioned on a decorative plinth. The sculpture was originally crafted for an altar at a chapel at Novo Celje mansion. In 1951, it was gifted to the National Gallery of Slovenia by Fran Windischer. It was part of the same altar as the sculptures of St John of Nepomuk and St Francis Xavier.

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  • Object ID No.:

    NG P 205

  • Related Written Material:

  • Place of Origin/Discovery:

    Originally crafted for a chapel at Novo Celje mansion. In 1951, it was gifted to the National Gallery of Slovenia by Fran Windischer.

  • Cross Reference to Related Objects:

    The sculpture was part of the same altar at Novo Celje mansion (chapel) as the sculptures of St John of Nepomuk (RCtoDC-BA_11) and St Francis Xavier (RCtoDC-BA_12).

  • Date Documented:

    2025-06-09