SOUTH GERMAN, CIRCA 1500
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 11-13)
SOUTH GERMAN, CIRCA 1500

SAINT HOMOBONUS

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SOUTH GERMAN, CIRCA 1500
SAINT HOMOBONUS
Polychrome limewood figure
The reverse hollowed out
31 ¾ in. (80.5 cm.) high
來源
Christie's, London, 4 July 2000, lot 18, where acquired.

拍品專文

Saint Homobonus, the 'good man', is depicted with his usual attribute, the beggar to whom he is giving alms. He was a merchant of Cremona (d. 1179), and used his wealth to aid the poor in the town. A legend says that while travelling, he gave all his food and drink to a beggar and as he refilled his flask from a stream, the water miraculously turned into wine. Although married and without having taken Holy Orders, he was canonized a few years after his death due to popular demand from his fellow citizens.

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