Saint John the Baptist holding a dish with the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); camel hide.
Museum's opinion 2012: France, 16th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive polychromy and gilding: gold (Agnus Dei; cloak), brown (camel hide; hair and beard?).
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: tips of both feet and front part of the base.
Provenance
Collection of Edwin Oppler in Hannover. Donation to the Museum by the Gesellschaft der Freunde des Kunstgewerbemuseums in 1916.
Bibliography
25 Jahre Gesellschaft der Freunde des Kunstgewerbemuseums zu Leipzig, 1909-1934, exhibition catalogue, Leipzig, 1934, p. 12.
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