Large Statue Of Saint Sebastian German Baroque End Of The 17th Century Beginning Of The 18th Century

Large baroque statue of Saint Sebastian.

Statue in natural softwood, walnut color, formerly polychrome with some remains of polychromy.

Southern Germany, circa 1700, in the entourage of Christoph Daniel Schenk (Constance 1633-1691)
Height 160 cm
Almost no restoration, almost intact, missing a finger on the right hand.

This Saint Sebastian here represented as a martyr is presented standing in contrapposto, naked and leaning against a tree trunk to which he is tied by the wrists, his right arm raised in an elegant movement above his head and in an attitude characteristic of the Germanic Baroque at the end of the 17th century which is reminiscent of the mannerism of the Italian Renaissance.

a superb statue of great beauty and almost intact, having even retained its original wrought iron hanging ring on the back.

dimension:
160 cm high.

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