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A Spanish Gilt and Painted Wood Figure of Saint Michael, from the Circle of Gil de Siloé (1486-1501), Circa 1500
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
his right hand raised over his head and originally holding a sword, standing on the devil, various collection labels on the reverse, mounted on a later semi-circular wood base.
Provenance
George and Florence Blumenthal, New York
The Metropol✃itan Museum of Art, New York,🦋 sold Sotheby's, New York, November 23 and 24, 1984, lot 49
Exhibited
Santa Barbara Museum of 🍬Art, according to a Metropolitan Museum of Art loan label on th🌟e reverse
Catalogue Note
Compare the detailed carving, the patterns of drapery folds and the elongated face with squared jaw with the work of the preeminent late Gothic Castilian sculptor Gil de Siloé and his workshop. See A. H. Wethey, Gil de Siloé and his School,Cambridge, 1936.