A CARVED POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND GILTWOOD FIGURE OF SAINT STANISLAUS KOSTKA

SPANISH, 18TH CENTURY

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A CARVED POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND GILTWOOD FIGURE OF SAINT STANISLAUS KOSTKA
SPANISH, 18TH CENTURY
Depicted standing in flowing robes, and with both arms outstretched
35½ in. (90 cm.) high

Provenance

with Central Picture Galleries, New York.

Exhibited

New York, The Spanish Institute, Spanish Polychrome Sculpture (1500-1800), 4 November 1993 - 4 January 1994, no. 22. (also at the Meadows Museum 28 January 1994 - 28 March 1994, Los Angeles County Museum of Art 21 April 1994 - 26 June 1994).
Worcester, Worcester Art Museum, on long-term loan.

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Lot Essay

Stanislaw Kostka (28 October 1550-15 August 1568) was born at Rostkowo, near Przasnysz, Poland, and entered the Society of Jesus in Rome on his seventeenth birthday. He died of a fever on the eve of the Feast of Saint Lawrence, and was proclaimed a saint for his extreme religious devotion. He was canonized on 31 December 1726. In the Catholic Church, he is venerated as Saint Stanislaus Kostka, and is a popular Saint in Poland and among those suffering dangerous illnesses.

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