Continental School (17th Century), Polychome and Gilt Sculpture of Saint Mark

Possibly Flemish or German, the Saint standing in billowing robes, traditionally depicted carrying Bible in left hand, with head tilted, mounted upon a carved stand clad in green velvet.

21 x 8 x 6 1/2 in.

Private Collection, Greensboro, North Carolina

Missing right arm/hand; scattered edge chips old insect damage; vertical shrinkage crack along figure's right side; some old possible areas of later painted restoration visible under UV light.