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SAINT BISHOP in wood carved in the round, polychromed and gi…
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SAINT BISHOP in wood carved in the round, polychromed and gi…
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
SAINT BISHOP in wood carved in the round, polychromed and gilded. Seated on a throne-bench, he is blessing with his right hand; his beardless head is crowned with a mitre, and he is wearing an alb and a cope, one side of which falls back onto his knees.
Second half of the 15th century
H. 76.5 cm
(accidents, missing left arm, recorking)
Provenance :
-Collected by Viollet-le-Duc
-Late 19th century, from Maître Vion at the Château de Loubressac in the Dordogne
-In 1937, auction sale in Moissac of the BELBEZE collection.
Bibliography.
Bulletin de la société archéologique de Tarn-et-Garonne 1988, Tome CXIII, découverte d'une statue d'évêque en bois polychrome provenant de Moissac par Chantal Fraisse. Page 167.
See original version (French)
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