Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
CARVED POLYCHROME WOOD DEPICTING SAINT FLORIAN
ORIGIN : SWABIA, SOUTHERN GERMANY
PERIOD : LATE 15th CENTURY
Height : 98 cm
Length : 29 cm
Depth : 24 cm
Polychrome limewood
Very fine condition
Provenance
- Swiss collection STAEHELIN-PARAVICINI - March 1939
- Auction Jacob Hecht -18 April 1929, Berlin
- Sammlung Prof Q.A. LEIMHAAS Munich, Helbing - 26 May 1908
(Research by Thierry Fraslin)
During the Middle-Age Saint Florian was particularly popular, subject to worship in Austria -Tyrol- Bavaria and Bohemia. Embodying courage and commitment Saint Florian was invoked to protect the soul of the living against sins and to keep the soul of the deads from the purgatory.
From the mid-15th century he safeguards from water and fire. The legend has it that when he was young the saint had contained the fire of a burning...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures