RELIEF FIGURE OF SAINT CATHERINE
Switzerland, probably Solothurn, ca. 1580/1600.
Wood; carved in half-relief and painted, verso flattened. Saint Catherine standing with a sword and a book as her attributes, with a small breaking wheel at her feet.
H 120 cm.
Cracks and minor losses. Losses to the base and the breaking wheel. Paintwork later.
Literature:
Gottfried Lörtscher. Aus der Reihe Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz. Canton of Solothurn, 1957, p. 198, with an illustration of the figure, from private property in Büsserach.
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Switzerland, probably Solothurn, ca. 1580/1600.
Wood; carved in half-relief and painted, verso flattened. Saint Catherine standing with a sword and a book as her attributes, with a small breaking wheel at her feet.
H 120 cm.
Cracks and minor losses. Losses to the base and the breaking wheel. Paintwork later.
Literature:
Gottfried Lörtscher. Aus der Reihe Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz. Canton of Solothurn, 1957, p. 198, with an illustration of the figure, from private property in Büsserach.
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