Devotional Panel – Virgin Mary with the Christ Child (Sacred Heart)

This religious devotional panel depicts the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, with the Sacred Heart as the central symbol of love, compassion, and redemption. The object is executed in the tradition of Catholic devotional print iconography, as widely produced in Western Europe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Mary is shown in classic red and blue garments, with a serene and naturalistic expression. The Christ Child presents the Sacred Heart, a motif closely associated with personal devotion and domestic religious practice. The style reflects Renaissance and Baroque-inspired examples, but is rendered in a softer, more sentimental visual language typical of Catholic devotional objects around 1900.

This is not a Byzantine or Orthodox icon, but clearly a Western European Catholic representation.

Material & technique
Wooden panel (solid or composite)
Printed image (chromolithograph or similar technique)
Finished with a protective varnish layer
No gold leaf
Not hand-painted iconography

Dating & origin
Late 19th – early 20th century, circa 1880–1930
Likely Western Europe
Produced for domestic or church devotion

Condition
Overall good to fair
Light signs of use and edge wear
No visible breaks in the panel
No major damage to the image
Old hanging hole on the reverse

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Notes:
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