Inv. MA 2040
Saint Stephen holding stones and an open book.
Base decorated with quatrefoils.
Berliner 1926: Burgundy, early 16th century, base: 19th century.
Schenkluhn 1987: probably 1st half of the 19th century.
Museum's opinion 2014: probably 19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
The head was worked separately. Hole at the back of the head, probably to attach a metal halo.
Some repairs at the base.
Provenance
Acquired in 1856 in Augsburg.
Bibliography
Das Mittelalter. II, Gotische Alterthümer der Baukunst und Bildnerei, by H. Graf, G. Hager and J. A. Mayer (Munich, 1896), VI, no. 1407.
R. Berliner, Die Bildwerke des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, IV. Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein, Knochen, Hirsch- und Steinbockhorn, mit einem Anhange: Elfenbeinarbeiten der Staatlichen Schlossmuseen in Bayern (Augsburg, 1926), no. 85.
W. Schenkluhn, Mittelalter. 11. Jahrhundert bis 1530/40 (Liebieghaus – Museum Alter Plastik. Nachantike kleinplastische Bildwerke, vol. 1), (Melsungen, 1987), p. 94.
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