A LARGE RHENISH POLYCHROME LIMESTONE FIGURE OF A BISHOP SAINT, standing in ecclesiastical robes and mitre, his right hand raised in blessing, his left hand holding a crozier, now lacking, an oval rock crystal set into his breast (restoration to nose; other minor breaks and repairs), second half 14th Century

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A LARGE RHENISH POLYCHROME LIMESTONE FIGURE OF A BISHOP SAINT, standing in ecclesiastical robes and mitre, his right hand raised in blessing, his left hand holding a crozier, now lacking, an oval rock crystal set into his breast (restoration to nose; other minor breaks and repairs), second half 14th Century
57in. (144.8cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Cologne, Schnütgen Museum, Rhein und Maas, Kunst und Kultur 800-1400, I, 1972, pp. 369-370, N 14, 15.
Cologne, Schnütgen-Museum, Die Parler, I, 1978, pp. 44 & 180
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Radiance & Reflection, 1982, no.78

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