SAINT PAUL OR SAINT JAMES Late Gothic, Ulm master craftsman, ca. 1520.

Carved lime. Verso hollowed and painted. The saint is wearing a cape, standing and holding a sword.
H 84 cm.

Paintwork in part retouched. Losses to the paintwork. Wormholes in the lower area. Finger restored.

Provenance:
- Formerly in The Silten Collection, Berlin (Cf. Vollbach, Die Sammlung Silten, Berlin 1923. No. 53 (information not verified)).
- Swiss private collection.

Illustrated in: Hubert Wilm. Die gotische Holzfigur. Ihr Wesen und ihre Technik. Leipzig 1923, Panel 159, described there as Saint James.