Late Gothic chest front
Circa 1460 1480
Northern France
W 65 1/2 × H 26 1/4
Stock # Marh400
SOLD
Late Gothic chest front, of the highest quality. From left to right:
St Anthony, with the Tau symbol on his shoulder, fire to his feet and a pig at his foot.
Mary Magdalen, holding a jar of ointment and a book.
St Catherine, with a spiked wheel at her foot and holding a staff and book.
Virgin and Child.
St Barbara, standing next to a tower and holding a palm leaf and book, the palm of Martyrdom.
St Lucy, the Christian martyr who was stabbed in the neck with a sword, she holds the palm leaf of the martyr and a book.
Sebastian, Roman Christian pierced by arrows and tied to a tree.
Martyrs. A superb Gothic work of art, with a 15th century lock plate and now framed in a modern metal frame ( which can be removed )