Carved and polychromed limewood Saint Jacques, with hollowed - Lot 18

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Carved and polychromed limewood Saint Jacques, with hollowed - Lot 18
Carved and polychromed limewood Saint Jacques, with hollowed-out back. Seated on a pulpit with armrests ending in a leafy scroll (only one remains), the saint, with a long, wavy beard, is wearing a hat whose wide brim, raised above the forehead, originally bore a scallop shell, traces of which remain; he is dressed in a belted tunic and a cloak, one flap of which falls to his knees. Late 15th century Upper Rhine H_77 cm W_50 cm D_23 cm Label on back [.] G. ADRIAN [.] 4 WIESBADEN Gegr. 1864 [.] von Prof. Ficker. (a few accidents and missing parts) Provenance : - Dutch collection - Villa Ficker in Strasbourg, Notre-Dame de Sion school This Saint James belongs to a popular iconography in the Upper Rhine region, from Strasbourg to Basel, that of Saint James crowning two pilgrims. The Musée Unterlinden in Colmar preserves two representations of Saint James in the same attitude, seated and holding in each hand a crown placed above the heads of two pilgrims kneeling beside him (fig.). Expert: Laurence Fligny
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