拍品 184
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AN ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT WALNUT FIGURE OF SAINT JUSTINA OF PADUA
AN ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT WALNUT FIGURE OF SAINT JUSTINA OF PADUA

POSSIBLY SIENA, LATE 15TH CENTURY

细节
AN ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT WALNUT FIGURE OF SAINT JUSTINA OF PADUA
Possibly Siena, Late 15th Century
The standing, crowned figure holding a book and sword above the bust of a crowned and bearded man
40in. (105.5cm.) high
拍场告示
Please note the correct estimate for this lot is $8,000-12,000.

拍品专文

In the handling of drapery, swaying contrapposto pose and angular facial features, this figure can be compared with another figure of Saint Justina of Padua by the late 15th century sculptor Giovanni Minelli, now in the Kaiser Friedrich-Museum, Berlin (illus. L. Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer der Renaissance, 1921, p. 158, fig. 168).

Saint Justina, whose name is derived from the Latin justitia, justice, is shown here with the Book and Sword of Judgement. An early Christian virgin martyr, Saint Justina was slain by the sword for her faith.