A Southern German or Tyrolean polychrome wood model of a Saintly King, circa 1490, with gilt decoration, depicted with crown and orb, 112cm high Provenance: with Wilhelm Henrich, Frankfurt am Main, 1957; private collection, Germany, acquired from...

A Southern German or Tyrolean polychrome wood model of a Saintly King, circa 1490, with gilt decoration, depicted with crown and orb, 112cm high Provenance: with Wilhelm Henrich, Frankfurt am Main, 1957; private collection, Germany, acquired from the above; thence by descent to the present owners. Note: The identity of this figure as a King is suggested by his attributes of a crown and the orb, formerly surmounted by a cross. While the loss of his second attribute – perhaps a sceptre – does not allow for a more precise identification, it is likely that a saintly King, such as St Oswald or St Henry II, is represented. Traditionally thought to have been made in the Tyrol, the figure can be compared to a Saint Nicholas dating to circa 1470 from St Georgen am Pinzgau (A. Legner, Spätgotik in Salzburg: Skulptur und Kunstgewerbe 1400-1530, exh. cat. Neues Haus, Salzburg, 1976, p. 129).