Title: Virgin
Object type: Crèche figure
Date: second half 18th century
Artist: Attributed to Salvatore di Franco 
Artist bio: active 18th century
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Polychromed terracotta head and wooden limbs; body of wire wrapped in tow; silver-gilt halo; silk and linen garments
Dimensions: (a) H. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm.); (b) Diam. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.)
Classification: Crèche
Credit line: Gift of Loretta Hines Howard, 1964
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Virgin Mary