A 16th Century Wooden Panel Representing Saint Fiacre

This wonderfully carved devotional panel in flamboyant gothic style shows a beautiful ribbed cathedral or church window, topped with intertwined rosettes ending in an elegant pinnacle.

Under the impressive architecture is a monk, undoubtedly Saint Fiacre. Holding a shovel between his arms and his hands folded in prayer, Saint Fiacre is presented as the patron saint of gardeners. According to the legend of this seventh-century saint, Fiacre earned the right to establish a hermitage and a hospice for the poor after single-handedly clearing an entire forest in one day. Famed for growing many different kinds of vegetables and herbs in his garden in Meaux, France, he made and dispensed many herbal remedies. Credited with miraculous cures, Saint Fiacre was particularly renowned for curing hemorrhoids. Devotion to the saint and his relics was predictably strong at the monastery he founded near Brie in the diocese of Meaux.
(source-the MET)


Magnificent shiny patina.
Dimensions: H.54 cm x L.22.5 cm
Origin France
Condition: very good. Small part damaged on the left bottom corner