Lot 127
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A CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF ST. PAUL
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A CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF ST. PAUL

CIRCLE OF ADRIAEN VAN WESEL (BORN CIRCA 1417, FL. 1447-89), UTRECHT, CIRCA 1480

Details
A CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF ST. PAUL
Circle of Adriaen van Wesel (born circa 1417, fl. 1447-89), Utrecht, circa 1480
Depicted with a sword under his right arm and a book clasped between both hands; on an integrally carved base.
Minor losses to base and left hand; shrinkage cracks.
21½ in. (54.6 cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. Leeuwenberg and W. Halsema-Kubes, Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum - catalogus, Amsterdam, 1973, p. 54, no. 18.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The present figure of St. Paul relates very closely to a similarly sized figure of St. Agnes in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (loc. cit.), dating to circa 1480 and attributed to Adriaen van Wesel. Various elements such as the stylised curls of the hair and beard, the narrow shoulders and the heavy folds of the drapery are very similar stylistic traits to those evident in the present lot. Furthermore, the form of the drapery, which is broad and angled above and gathering in smaller clusters at the feet, almost certainly connects the present lot to the Rijksmuseum example and van Wesel's workshop.

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