AUSTRIAN, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

Details

A polychrome carved wood group of St. John of Nepomuk
Austrian, 18th or 19th Century
Minor losses to the extremities
124cm. high
See illustration

Special notice

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Lot Essay

St. John of Nepomuk, circa 1340 - 1393, is the patron Saint of Bohemia. As vicar general of Prague, he opposed Wenceslas IV's plans to create a second bishopric in the city. At the king's instigation he was tortured and drowned.

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