VARIOUS PROPERTIES
AN ALABASTER FIGURE OF A KNIGHT
Details
AN ALABASTER FIGURE OF A KNIGHT
IN THE GERMAN 15TH CENTURY STYLE
The figure wearing a cloak over his suit of armor, standing in contrapposto on the back of a reclining lion (sword hand and blade and lance missing, top of lion's head drilled, his rump drilled for the point of the sword blade, right hand restored, cracks in legs repaired, the underside drilled for mounting) ----- 12 7/8in. (32.8cm.) high
IN THE GERMAN 15TH CENTURY STYLE
The figure wearing a cloak over his suit of armor, standing in contrapposto on the back of a reclining lion (sword hand and blade and lance missing, top of lion's head drilled, his rump drilled for the point of the sword blade, right hand restored, cracks in legs repaired, the underside drilled for mounting) ----- 12 7/8in. (32.8cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Princeton, New Jersey (acquired in Vienna, 1930's)
By descent through the family
By descent through the family