St Anne with Mary – Hand-Carved Wooden Statue from South Tyrol

Two generations in one statue: St Anne with her daughter Mary is a motif for grandmothers, mothers and anyone who sees family as a gift. Master sculptor Karl Demetz and the carvers in Val Gardena (South Tyrol) work each statue by hand from the wood, so no two are alike – one of a kind.

According to Christian tradition, Anne is the mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus. Her name is not in the Bible; it comes from the Protoevangelium of James of the 2nd century. She is remembered on 26 July, together with her husband Joachim. She is the patron saint of mothers and grandmothers, of wives and families, and of miners. In art she is shown as an older woman teaching the young Mary to read, or as “Anna Selbdritt” (St Anne with the Virgin and Child) together with Mary and the Child Jesus.

• Sizes: 12, 20, 30, 36, 40, 60, 80 or 100 cm
• Finishes: Natural, multicolour stained, hand-painted, genuine gold leaf
• Wood: from Val Gardena – mainly lime wood, depending on size also maple or Swiss stone pine
• Workshop article number: 180

If you want to see the grain of the wood, choose natural; hand-painted carries oil colours, and genuine gold leaf is gilded with gold leaf. The statue is fitting for Mother's Day, a grandmother's birthday or the name day of an Anne. You will find more choice among thesaint statues for women.

Your Anne is only prepared in the workshop after you order; allow approx. 3–4 weeks. She sets off insured directly from South Tyrol, delivery to Germany and Austria only for €6.90. You have the statutory right of withdrawal of 14 days.