Offered by Galerie Gabrielle Laroche
ORIGIN : SOUTHERN GERMANY
PERIOD : 16th CENTURY
Height : 142 cm
Width : 41 cm
Depth : 26 cm
Polychrome limewood
Easily recognizable with his gesture of showing pest effect on his thigh this pilgrim saint is accompanied by an angel curing him. The quality of the wood is noteworthy.
Bibliography
Louis Réau, Iconographie de l’Art Chrétien, III/3, PUF, Paris, 1959, pp. 1155-1161.
Jacques de Voragine, La Légende dorée, Flammarion, Paris, 1967.
Tardy, Dictionnaire des thèmes et décors, E. Tardy, Paris, 1957