Lot 553
GERMAN GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A PENITENT WOMAN
16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NUREMBERG
Auction: Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings & Works of Art
£575
Description
the naked figure depicted engulfed in the flames of Purgatory, her hands crossed at her chest, mounted on a modern ebonised stand
Dimensions
Figure 11cm high
Footnote
Note: This figure, with its strong religious message, most likely was a finial on a tomb railing where various symbols of mortality, judgment, and redemption would have been understood by a largely illiterate population.