CARVINGS / SCULPTURES

AN OUTSTANDING LATE MEDIEVAL OAK AND POLYCHROME SCULPTURE OF ST PETER.SOUTH NETHERLANDS. CIRCA 1470.

ST PETER IS SEATED ON A GOTHIC THRONE AND IS CROWNED AS THE BISHOP OF ROME. HIS ROBE IS DECORATED WITH AN ORPHYR. THIS IS A WONDERFUL LATE MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE.PURCHASED FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION.PROBABLY LIMBURG. CIRCA 1470. MINOR LOSSES.References to related objects can be found in: John William Steyaert, Late Gothic Sculpture: The Burgundian Netherlands (Ghent : Ludion Press, 1994). similar exampleS of St Peter as the Vicar of Rome enthroned are in the V&A's sculpture collection. The depiction of saints and other celestial personages seated in Gothic furniture is a common late medieval carvers' conceit in the region.

31" HIGH.


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