Terracotta statue Sacred Heart by Wim Harzing

Description

Exceptionally beautiful and large terracotta Sacred Heart statue by the famous Dutch sculptor Wim Harzing (Rijsenburg, October 4, 1898 - Zeist, July 22, 1978).

The Christ figure holds his flaming heart with his right hand and with his left hand he seems to say: come to me

The statue is signed Wim Harzing at the bottom of the base.

The statue once stood in the Capuchin monastery in Oosterhout, after which it served for about 20 years in a church in Sluiskil Zeeuws-Vlaanderen

Size: 141 cm high and the base is 35 cm deep and 40 cm wide (it weighs around 80-90 kilos)