Saint John the Evangelist, late Gothic wooden sculpture, ca. 1500
6400,00 zł
Full-plastic sculpture depicting St. John the Evangelist , made of wood, dated around 1500. The figure is shown in counterpoint, with a slightly bowed head and entwined hands holding a book – an attribute of the Evangelist. The sculpture is preserved in its original polychrome, with a visible structure of pigment layers and natural cracking of the wood.
The work may have been part of a winged altarpiece (retabulum), most likely in the Crucifixion group.
Sprzedane
| Weight | 5,3 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 20 × 11 × 73 cm |
| Type |
Sacred sculpture |
| Form |
full-plastic statue of St. John the Evangelist |
| Materiał |
Polychrome wood |
| Kolorystyka |
Brown ,Dark green ,Red |
| Czas powstania |
ca. 1500 |
| Era |
Gothic ,The Middle Ages |
| Kraj pochodzenia |
Central Europe |
| State of preservation |
Very good, no losses; natural cracks in the wood and traces of the original polychrome visible |
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