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Saint Florian pouring water from a bucket over a burning building

Offered by Jan Muller

Saint Florian pouring water from a bucket over a burning building - Sculpture Style

Ref : 88471

8 500 €

Period :: <= 16th century
Provenance :: Germany
Medium :: Wood
Dimensions :: l. 9.84 inch X H. 36.61 inch

Sculpture - Saint Florian pouring water from a bucket over a burning building

Jan Muller

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Saint Florian pouring water from a bucket over a burning building

Germany, ca. 1500
Sculpted in Wood

In most depictions St. Florian is pictured pouring water from a bucket over a burning building. This iconography is said to illustrate a legend in which he saved a burning building (or town) with a single bucket of water. In the context of this legend, Florian is the patron saint of firefighters, Chimney sweeps and soapmakers.

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<= 16th century
Religious statuary

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