French, early 16th century

Private collection, Belgium

The composition of the present sculpture appears to be broadly derived from a group of Saint Martin and the beggar in the Church of Saint Martin, Côte-d'Or, dating to circa 1460-70 and illustrated by Boccador, op cit., no. 314. Saint Martin wears a distinctive hat that is affixed with a fictive stone, which compares to a late 15th century statue of Saint Gandolf originating from the Saint Georges church of Nancy and is now in the Musée Lorrain.

RELATED LITERATURE

J. Boccador, Statuaire Médiévale en France de 1400-1530, Zoug, 1974, p.247, no.314