Blind bearded beggar with a crutch and a walking stick.
Museum's opinion 2012: German, Flemish (?), 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round, but with lower relief at the back.
Object Condition
Worn.
Comments
This piece may refer to the estates allegory developed by Jacobus de Cessolis in his treatise entitled De ludo scacchorum.
Provenance
Gift of Rahtsherrn Mettker, Jever, in 1885.
Bibliography
E. Heinemeyer, Mittelalterliches Kunstgewerbe: ein Wegweiser durch die Sammlung, exhibition catalogue, Oldenburg, Landesmuseum, 1970, no. 25.
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