Lot 235
ATTRIBUTED TO CECILE WALTON
OUR LADY OF FATIMA
Auction: Day One: 21 April 2021 | From 11:00
£525
Description
carved stone, depicting the Virgin with the three shepherd children
Dimensions
66cm x 45cm
Footnote
Provenance: Originally sold by a descendent of Cecile Walton and, by family repute, by her hand and from her studio.
From Castle of Park, Aberdeenshire
Note: This stone carving may have its inspiration from Our lady of Fatima, an apparition reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria, in Fátima, Portugal. On 13 May 1917, the children reported seeing a woman "brighter than the sun, shedding rays of light clearer and stronger than a crystal goblet filled with the most sparkling water and pierced by the burning rays of the sun."