After Antonio Canova; A Late 19thC Italian Marble Sculpture of The Repentant Magdalene Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews The Eastern Mourning Dove is

The Eastern Mourning Dove is Wisconsin's official symbol of peace and the bird is also Michigan's state bird of peace and references to Mourning Doves appear frequently in Native American literature

She gave Christ her kerchief to wipe his brow

possibly chinoisierie or floral based

lime and potassium melted together in a special furnace at a temperature of 1500°C to reach a liquid state

They have a weathered look with dots or crossing lines on the surface and a variety of wrinkled forms

After Antonio Canova; A Late 19thC Italian Marble Sculpture of The Repentant Magdalene Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews The Eastern Mourning Dove isOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1890 1900Depth: 12Height: 15Width: 11 (each)The finely carved marble figure depicting the Penitent or Repentant Magdalene after the original by After Antonio Canova (1757 1822), fluidly modelled downcast in kneeling position with a skull by her side to a rocky outcrop, the whole apparently unsigned and surviving from the latter part of nineteenth century Italy. There are repairs to the