Süddeutsche Skulptur
Saint Bartholomew.
Carved lime wood, coloured. (Around 1600). Height 21.4 cm.
Bartholomew belonged to the circle of disciples and apostles and preached the Gospel of Matthew as a "witness of Christ" in India, Persia and Armenia. According to tradition, he suffered his martyrdom by having his skin flayed off alive and then being crucified upside down. This figure shows the saint as an écorché, holding his skin in his left hand, which winds around his red-framed body like a drapery. - Occasionally with small wormholes, with damage to the flayed skin.
Provenance: Julius Böhler Kunsthandel, Munich, with the label on the underside of the base; private property, southern Germany.
Taxation: Differentially taxed (VAT: Margin Scheme).
