Statuette
ca. 1340-1360 (made)
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This is a statuette of a female saint, made in the Lower Rheine or Meuse region in about 1340-1360. The identity of this female saint remains unclear in the absence of any distinctive attributes. This, together with the statuettes of St. John the Baptist and another female saint (132, 134-1869) undoubtedly come from an altarpiece, or retable, and probably flanked seated figures of Christ and the Virgin, together with other figures on either side of the central group. The selection of particular saints on any one altarpiece was usually determined by the dedication of the altar itself, and locally venerated saints were often represented alongside the more famous apostles.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved oak |
| Brief description | Statuette, wood, of a female saint, Mosan or Lower Rhenish, ca. 1340-1360 |
| Physical description | Wood statuette of a seated female saint, in the breast of which is a receptacle for relics. |
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| Object history | Bought from Dr. F. Bock, Cologne, in 1869 (together with Mus. no. 132-1869 and 134-1869); said by him to have come from the Confraternitus ymagiorum, Cologne'. |
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| Summary | This is a statuette of a female saint, made in the Lower Rheine or Meuse region in about 1340-1360. The identity of this female saint remains unclear in the absence of any distinctive attributes. This, together with the statuettes of St. John the Baptist and another female saint (132, 134-1869) undoubtedly come from an altarpiece, or retable, and probably flanked seated figures of Christ and the Virgin, together with other figures on either side of the central group. The selection of particular saints on any one altarpiece was usually determined by the dedication of the altar itself, and locally venerated saints were often represented alongside the more famous apostles. |
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| Accession number | 133-1869 |
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| Record created | August 26, 2008 |
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