Renaissance Bronze Figure of Saint Sebastian

GERMANY, BAVARIA, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1490 A.D.

10 1/2 in. (906 grams total, 26.7 cm including stand).

Modelled in the half-round, the saint with his left hand tied to the branch of a tree, right hand behind his back, legs spread on a bulbous base; arrow fletchings protruding from his shin, thigh, hip, shoulder and eye; mounting holes above the head and in the base; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Schuster collection, Cologne, Germany.
Elmar Robert, 2013.
Private collection, Suffolk, UK.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12306-221717.

CONDITION

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