After Antonio Canova; A Late 19thC Italian Marble Sculpture of The Repentant Magdalene Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews and therefore part of a

and therefore part of a grave setting

when the bell rung to announce the close of school

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

if only they could utter a word

possibly chinoisierie or floral based

After Antonio Canova; A Late 19thC Italian Marble Sculpture of The Repentant Magdalene Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews and therefore part of aOrigin: 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