Southern Netherlandish, probably Tournai, circa 1500
Southern Netherlandish, probably Tournai, circa 1500
Saint Michael slaying the dragon
oak
71cm., 28in.
Catalogue Note:
The composition of this Saint Michael slaying the dragon relates to a figure of the same saint in the church of Saint-Pierreaux Liens, Ellezelles (Hainaut). Thought to have been carved in Tournai, the Ellezelles Saint Michael has been associated with the sculptor Jean Delemer (1410-1440), based on a comparison with his Angel of the Annunciation in Tournai Cathedral. In his survey of late Gothic sculpture in the Burgundian Netherlands, John Steyaert (op. cit.) however questioned an early 15th-century origin of the Saint Michael and cited other similar figures across the Netherlands and Northern France, suggesting that it could be a later work, from circa 1500, based on a prototype carved in Delemer’s circle.
RELATED LITERATURE
J. W. Steyaert, Late Gothic Sculpture in the Burgundian Netherlands, Ghent, 1994, pp. 96-99, no. 3.
Provenance:
Sotheby's Amsterdam, 27 November 2001, lot 30;
Where acquired, European private collection.
Southern Netherlandish, probably Tournai, circa 1500
Saint Michael slaying the dragon
oak
71cm., 28in.
Catalogue Note:
The composition of this Saint Michael slaying the dragon relates to a figure of the same saint in the church of Saint-Pierreaux Liens, Ellezelles (Hainaut). Thought to have been carved in Tournai, the Ellezelles Saint Michael has been associated with the sculptor Jean Delemer (1410-1440), based on a comparison with his Angel of the Annunciation in Tournai Cathedral. In his survey of late Gothic sculpture in the Burgundian Netherlands, John Steyaert (op. cit.) however questioned an early 15th-century origin of the Saint Michael and cited other similar figures across the Netherlands and Northern France, suggesting that it could be a later work, from circa 1500, based on a prototype carved in Delemer’s circle.
RELATED LITERATURE
J. W. Steyaert, Late Gothic Sculpture in the Burgundian Netherlands, Ghent, 1994, pp. 96-99, no. 3.
Provenance:
Sotheby's Amsterdam, 27 November 2001, lot 30;
Where acquired, European private collection.
