Plaster statue of Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Lourdes in a flowing white robe, with a blue sash around her waist, unknown maker, French, 1920-1960
Lourdes is the site of a Marian apparition (apparition of the Virgin Mary), witnessed by fourteen-year-old Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. The apparition instructed Bernadette to ask for a chapel to be built at the site. Today, millions of pilgrims visit the sacred site every year. Lourdes is considered a place of miraculous healing by believers.
Details
- Category:
- Classical & Medieval Medicine
- Object Number:
- 2018-521
- Measurements:
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overall: 650 mm x 180 mm x 165 mm, 5.5 kg
- type:
- statue
- credit:
- Purchased by the Science Museum
