SAINT BARBARA

Estimated Value:

5.000 € - 7.000 €

Result:

incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Spain, late 15th century
H. 85 cm
Walnut, flattened on the back. Standing figure with tower attribute, dressed in a rich robe with luxuriant drapery. She wears a headband and a variety of necklaces around her neck. Original setting and gilding, the hem with remnants of silvering. Pressed brocade decoration on the mantle, remnants of stone trimming on the base. The polychromy partially overpainted and with retouching. Tower attribute added, hands possibly later. Rest, age damage.
Private collection Netherlands. From the estate of a renowned art dealer. Acquired between 1980 - 2010
The figure of Saint Barbara shows great stylistic similarities with figures from the workshop of Gil de Siloé (Antwerp 1450 - 1501 Burgos). Gil de Siloé was a Gothic sculptor who worked in Burgos and was called Gil de Amberes, which suggests that he came from Antwerp. He created the monumental and multi-figured altarpiece in the Chapel of St. Anne in Burgos Cathedral, one of the most important works of late Gothic carving in Spain. Especially the saints Catherine and Barbara show parallels to our present figure in the design of their faces, hair and garments.

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