A DONOR FIGURE, UPPER RHENISH, LATE 15TH / EARLY 16TH CENTURY

chestnut three-quarter block carved kneeling to sinister, a shoe showing under his robes, his torso twisted towards us, hands in prayer and bearded head slightly tilted, 71cm high Provenance: Private London Collection; acquired from A. & E. Foster Ltd., 2007; The Boarsney House Sale, Dreweatt Neate, Tunbridge Wells, 18 September 2006, lot 231chestnut three-quarter block carved kneeling to sinister, a shoe showing under his robes, his torso twisted towards us, hands in prayer and bearded head slightly tilted, 71cm high Provenance: Private London Collection; acquired from A. & E. Foster Ltd., 2007; The Boarsney House Sale, Dreweatt Neate, Tunbridge Wells, 18 September 2006, lot 231