MARY MAGDALENE

Details

SOUTH GERMAN, FIRST QUARTER 16TH CENTURY
MARY MAGDALENE
Limewood figure; embroidered band to top of dress inscribed 'OIABIN R(?)'; the reverse hollowed out and with a modern metal support
36 5/8 in. (93.1 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This figure was possibly originally intended to be a figure of Deborah, a prophet and judge of Israel, who defeated King Jabin of Canaan in the plain of Esdraelon, and is considered a saint in the Catholic Church.

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