"Circa 1500 / 1510, Saint Suzanne ? Lime Tree Wiid Carved Statue"
HAUTE EPOQUESuperb Renaissance linden wood sculpture depicting a woman / Saint wearing a headdress and a dress typical of early 16th century period.
This figure, which could represent St. Suzanne (?), is directly comparable to a stone sculpture in the collections of the Louvre Museum (see last photo) by Jean GUILHOMET, also known as Jean de Chartres (active around 1465 - circa 1515-1516).
Inventory Number Main Number: RF 1160, Collection Department of Medieval and Renaissance Sculptures.
The details of her costume demonstrate high quality and faithful execution:
*the medieval headdress with wimple - escoffion with ornamental crown?, very specific,
*the care given to the treatment of the overgown with barrel-shaped puffed sleeves, its houppelande closed by a button or decorative jewel of diamond shape,...
*the lace corset visible under the square neckline of her dress
*the embroidered braid around her waist
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Our statue was originally intended to hold a book / the Bible in its missing hands.
Very well preserved, the statue was originally polychrome and has been stripped, but it has a very beautiful light and blonde patina. Some woodworm holes.
Dimensions:
67 cm height
* 27 cm width
* 16 cm depth
Jean GUILHOMET (born around 1465 - died around 1513 in Moulins)
was a highly regarded student of the sculptor Michel Colombe: in one of the latter's letters to Margaret of Austria dated December 3, 1511, he wrote: "Jehan de Chartres, my disciple and servant, who has served me for the space of eighteen or twenty years, and is now a carver of images for Madame de Bourbon."
Jean de Chartres was active in the city of Moulins, where he was the personal sculptor of Anne of France. The Louvre preserves a group of five statues from the Château des Ducs de Bourbon.
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