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A POLYCHROME AND PARCEL-GILT CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST
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A POLYCHROME AND PARCEL-GILT CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST

MALINES, CIRCA 1500-1520

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A POLYCHROME AND PARCEL-GILT CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST
MALINES, CIRCA 1500-1520
The reverse unfinished, on an integral base, losses to the polychromy, traces of old worming, marked for Malines to reverse
37 cm. high
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Lot Essay

Saint John is a relatively rare subject matter for Malines. Another Malines figure of Saint John is in the collection of the Musée Grobet-Labadie, in Marseille. Saint John is here portrayed with a chalice issuing a pair of dragon's head, from which he is supposed to have been given poison and survived.

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