WOOD FIGURE OF SAINT ROCH

WOOD FIGURE OF SAINT ROCH

 

ORIGIN : SOUTHERN GERMANY
PERIOD : 16th CENTURY

 

Height : 142 cm
Width : 41 cm
Depth : 26 cm

 

Polychrome limewood

 

 

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Description

Easily recognizable with his gesture of showing pest effect on his thigh this pilgrim saint is accompanied by an angel curing him. The quality of the wood is noteworthy.

 

Bibliography

Louis Réau, Iconographie de l’Art Chrétien, III/3,  PUF, Paris, 1959, pp. 1155-1161.

Jacques de Voragine, La Légende dorée, Flammarion, Paris, 1967.

Tardy, Dictionnaire des thèmes et décors, E. Tardy, Paris, 1957