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The best known work of Romanesque woodcarving workshops is statuary: Virgins and Child and crucifixes. The Romanesque wooden Christ is usually depicted alive on the cross wearing a long tunic or simply a loincloth. This Crucifix from Lucca, known as the "Volto Santo,", is enjoys great fame for its long tunic falling in large folds, its majestic air and the legend surrounding its making and its arrival in Lucca.
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