Saint Willibrord

South Netherlandish | Brabant or Limburg
Late Gothic | Late 15th Century
Oak | Carved in full round | With traces of polychrome
H. 100 cm.

PROVENANCE
Private collection | Valkenswaard | The Netherlands | Before 1973
Collection Museum Van Gerwen-Lemmens | Valkenswaard | The Netherlands | Inv.nr. BG 05307
Sale Sotheby’s | Amsterdam | European Collections | 30 September 2008 | Lot 412
With Floris van Wanroij Fine Art | Dommelen | The Netherlands | 2010
Private collection | Wassenaar | The Netherlands

LITERATURE
Kiesel, G. (1969). Der Heilige Willibrord im Zeugnis der bildenden Kunst. Luxembourg: Ministère des Arts et des Sciences, cat. 15, ill. 18
Gerwen, W. van (1973). Collectie Van Gerwen-Lemmens. Valkenswaard: Galerie Brabant, p.8
Gerwen, Ch. Van & Gerwen, H. van (1981). Collectie Van Gerwen-Lemmens. Schatkamer van de Kempen. Valkenswaard: Museum van Gerwen-Lemmens, pp. 42-43, ill. 15
Gerwen, Ch. Van & Gerwen, H. van (1989). Langs Willibrords wegen. Valkenswaard: Museum van Gerwen-Lemmens, pp. 33-34, cat. 15, ill. 18

EXHIBITION
Langs Willibrords wegen. Museum Van Gerwen-Lemmens, Valkenswaard, 1989
On permanent exhibition at Museum Van Gerwen-Lemmens between 1980 and 2008

CATALOGUE NOTE
Saint Willibrord (ca. 658 – 739) was a Northumbrian missionary and is known as the ‘Apostle to the Frisians’ in the modern Netherlands. He became the first Bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach in Luxembourg. The saint is depicted with his attribute the wine barrel.