A Hunk of Wood, A Block of Marble

It never ceases to amaze what an artist can do with a few tools and a hunk of wood and a block of marble.  I just saw these amazing sculptures, one of wood and the other of marble, at The Getty Center.  www.getty.edu/museum

 Saint Gines de La Jara, by La Roldana, Spanish, circa 1692, polychromed wood with glass eyes.  

Bust of Maria Cerre Capranica, attributed to Allesandro Algari, Italian, 1640, marble