A South German sculpture of Saint Sebastian

A South German sculpture of Saint Sebastian Lime wood, partially carved in the round, the trunk flattened at the back, with older polychromy and gilding over bolus and a chalk ground. A depiction of a lifeless body, with both wrists and feet tied to a tree stump. Shrinkage cracks in the plinth, older insect damage to the feet, localised losses to the polychromy in the drapery, the arrows broken off. H 28.5 cm. On a gilded oak plinth, H 34 cm. Bamberg, attributed to Franz Martin Mutschele, late 18th century.

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Sculpture

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Köln

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H 34 cm