Our Lady of Grace of Faenza 25.5 cm

Our Lady of Grace of Faenza, hand-decorated majolica panel.

Traditional representation of the Madonna venerated in Faenza. The image is kept in a chapel in the Cathedral, where a 16th-century fresco depicts her in the act of breaking arrows, a symbol of the evils and scourges from which the Virgin offers protection.

Dimensions of Our Lady of Grace of Faenza: base x height 22.5 cm x 25.5, thickness 3 cm.

(The white spots on the faience are due to the reflection effect of the photograph.)