BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
GERMAN, FRANCONIA, EARLY 16TH CENTURY | BISHOP SAINT
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July 9, 02:28 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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GERMAN, FRANCONIA, EARLY 16TH CENTURY
BISHOP SAINT
limewood, with traces of polychromy
130cm., 51⅛in.
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Formerly noble collection, Bavaria
The slender, elongated forms of this Bishop Saint are characteristic of late Gothic sculpture in Franconia. For the facial type, compare a Saint Michael in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich (op. cit., no. 166). Though possibly a later replacement or addition, the church in the Saint's left hand bears a striking architectural resemblance to Bamberg Cathedral.
RELATED LITERATURE
T. Müller, Die Bildwerke in Holz, Ton und Stein von der Mitte des XV. bis gegen Mitte des XVI. Jahrhunderts, cat. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, 1959