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Lot 2437
Continental School (17th Century), Polychome and Gilt Sculpture of Saint Mark
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
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.