SOUTH GERMAN, PROBABLY SWABIA, CIRCA 1480 | ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Property from a Private Collector, New York
SOUTH GERMAN, PROBABLY SWABIA, CIRCA 1480
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

lindenwood
height 43 ½ in.; 110.5 cm.

Condition Report:
Standard surface abrasions and minor chipping throughout consistent with age. Traces of polychromy. Some age cracks. Some with fill including his proper right foot. Right hand is lacking. Ink in eyes probably refreshed. Chipping includes edges of hairshirt as well as some curls of hair. Very good quality and otherwise overall good condition.

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Provenance:
Dr. Ernst Seegall, Berlin;

By descent to Ruth Seegall Levy, Brussels and New York;

By descent to Anne Levy Lederfeind, New York