Carved Oak Figure of Saint James the Greater c.1470-1520

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Carved Oak Figure of Saint James the Greater c.1470-1520A late Gothic carved oak figure depicting a male saint, most probably Saint James the Greater, shown in his traditional guise as a pilgrim. The saint wears a broad brimmed pilgrims hat and a voluminous cloak, with gentle traces of the original red polychromy visible in the folds of the drapery. Carved in oak around 14701520, Northern European, probably in Flanders or western Germany, the figure was created for placement within a church niche or

Surmounted by a putti figure holding a carp whose mouth spouts water

These traditional and humble banal forms have become an emblem of the city

The mirror was originally sourced in the old Eastern bloc countries

whilst standing in a life-like pose

and dragon-head handles emerging from acanthus scrolls

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All having original Latin labels: seven are hand-painted and two printed

eternal stillness

adding another dimension to the piece

Finely and elegantly carved with lively yet gentle soft expressions within the lion’s faces

The surface of the glaze is now delicately time-worn revealing the terracotta underneath

France) and its headquarters and gallerie at the 58th Boulevard Voltaire in Paris