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Lot 419
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A French Gilt And Painted Wood Statue Of St. Gorgon, circa 1510, possibly Alsace

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

dressed as a courtier wearing a tunic and cloak,  remainders of his name inscribed on his collar, a missal in his right hand and a falcon perched in his left, on fragmentary wood base.

Provenance

Abbey church of Varangéville, France

Given to Monsieur Peไsce of Lunéville in exchange for work early in the 20th century

Collections of Madame Demange, Nancy

Foret, Paris

Joseph Brummer, New York, until 1931

Literature

Art News, December 5🌳, 1931, p. 7, and December 12, 1931, p. 6.

C. Beard, "A Superb Statue of the Lorrine School," Connoisseur, June, 1932, pp. 388-90.

Andrew C. Ritchie, ed., Catalogue of the Paintings and Sculpture in the Permanent Collection, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, 1949, pp. 138🎀-39, 201, no. 67.

C.B. Johnson, Contemporary Art. Exploring its Roots and Development, Buffalo, 1972, pp. 13-14.

Medieval Art in Upstate New York, Everson Museum, New York, Syracuse, 1974,🎶 cat. p. 124.

S. Nash, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Painting and Sculpture from Antiquity to 1942, Buffalo, New York, 1979, p. 154-55.

Catalogue Note

The church of Varangéville was dedicated to Saint Gorgon.  Perhaps the missal and falcon in the hands of the present figure symbolize the choice between the c🌃ourtly life and a life dedicated to the church.