Offered by Le jardin des Moines
Sacred Art, objects and decorations of religious life, devotional object
In 1296, he will be named Bishop of Toulouse by Boniface VIII. By accepting this charge, Louis of Anjou then becomes Louis of Toulouse.
He will ask to be able to keep the Franciscan habit tied at the waist with a cord which our subject is wearing here. Our Saint Louis de Toulouse is made of resinous wood carved in the round, polychrome and gilded.
Beardless, standing and mitred, he holds his butt in his left hand. Molded terrace with sides. From the Languedoc region.
A precise work from the 16th century.
This beautiful subject was appraised by Mrs. Laurence Fligny