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Saint Margaret.
Walnut, with original polychrome and gilding.
Flemish, Mechelen, c. 1510 – 1520.
Provenance:
Private collection, Germany.
This charming depiction of Saint Margaret, carved three-quarters in the round, the reverse flattened, and designed for a frontal and slightly lowered viewpoint, shows the saint dressed in a fashionable bodice, long gown and voluminous cloak, her foot resting on her attribute, the dragon, its head and tail now lost.
With extensive original polychrome and gilding and marked on the reverse with the city mark of Mechelen, our sculpture, produced c. 1510 – 1520, shows the young martyr as elegant, graceful and refined, her high forehead and angelic facial features typical of the small devotional works crafted there during the early decades of the 16th century.
With exquisite craquelure, delicate features and her long golden rope-like plats emerging from beneath her laced and beaded headpiece, the present work is a beautifully balanced representation of the legend of a popular and venerated female saint.
Dimensions
Height 45 cm; 1 ft. 5⅔ in. Width 13.5 cm; 5⅓ in. Depth 9 cm; 3½ in.The BADA Standard
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