German, Upper Rhine, early 16th century

Collection M. Émile Gavet, Paris, sold Galerie Georges Petit, 31 May and 9 June 1897, lot 187 (illustrated in interior shot)

There is overall distress to the gilding of the cloak with several further losses to the surface of to the base and the forehead. The index finger of the proper left hand is lost; other fingers have been reattached. The hands are possibly replacements. There are worm holes to the proper right shoulder and proper left elbow. There is a stable split on the proper left side consistent with material. There are two rectangular inserts for wings to the reverse. Otherwise the condition is stable.
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