Mecheln second quarter of the 16th century

Mecheln second quarter of the 16th century A limewood Figure of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Mechelen, second quarter 16th century The reverse flattened, with revealed polychromy over chalk ground.. The saint is depicted wearing a crown, holding an open book in her left hand and a sword in her right, flanked by a wheel and a half-figure of the Roman Emperor Maxentius, and striding across a terraced plinth. A five-pointed star, the Mechelen hallmark, is engraved on the centre of her back. The blade broken off just above the hilt in her hand; part of the wheel reattached. Height 80.8 cm.

Estimación:€4,000

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