Lot Essay
Dr. Stella Rudolph, in a letter dated 23 July 1992, suggested a date (on the basis on a photograph) in the late 1760s.
Saint John of Capistrano belonged to the Reformed Order of the Franciscans and was a preacher during the last crusade against the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. He died as a result of disease carried by unburied corpses after the defeat of the Turkish Army at Belgrade in 1453.
Saint John of Capistrano belonged to the Reformed Order of the Franciscans and was a preacher during the last crusade against the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. He died as a result of disease carried by unburied corpses after the defeat of the Turkish Army at Belgrade in 1453.