North Italian, circa 1500

Overall the condition of the sculpture is good with minor dirt and wear to the surface consistent with age. The sculpture is composed in sections and some slightly open but stable original joints are visible. Joints can be seen mostly at the back: above the buttocks (where there are losses) and to the head. There is flaking and some losses to the polychromy. There are some small losses to around the terrasse. There are two holes at the front in the terrasse. Two of the proper left fingers are reattached. The tip of the proper left little finger is lost.
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The heavily pleated garment, belted high above the waist, is typical of Italian wood sculptures representing female saints and the Virgin Mary from circa 1500. Compare, for example, with the dramatic early 16th-century Sienese saint sold in these rooms on 2 July 2013, lot 57.