Chryséléphantine Goldscheider - Bronze Patine Green/gold

Magnificent bronze chryselephantine, green and gold patina, on a green onyx marble base from Pakistan, with white and brown veins, the face and hands are in ivory and it represents the Virgin of Calvary called "the Prayerful" 15th century, Nuremberg in Bavaria.

The Virgin is standing with her face and hands joined and twisted in a gesture of pain. 
Dressed in a long robe, her rounded belly is visible, she wears a wimple covering her chin, and her veil is draped over a Germanic hairstyle in fashion at the time.

The chryselephantine technique is the simultaneous use of ivory, gold and precious metals in an art object. 
Gold was normally used for the drapery of the statue, while ivory was used for the flesh.

Circa: 1900
Dimensions : Height : 53cm
Base dimensions : Width : 15cm x Length : 15cm
Cast and signed : Manufacture Goldscheider

For more than half a century, Goldscheider created masterpieces, high quality products designed by its young artists and marked the movement of Historicism, an artistic movement drawing its sources and inspiration from the past, Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) and Art Deco. 

A range of products with figurines, busts, animals, masks, lamps that were created over a period of three generations, with more than 10,000 models in earthenware, terracotta, bronze and alabaster. 
Many of these creations have won first prizes and gold medals at countless fairs and exhibitions.

Especially in the 1920s, the factory's figurines were very popular with the general public and are still in great demand today.