Description
Grosse Schnitzfigur der Heiligen Notburga
Height: 90 cm. Last third of the 18th century. High-quality design and execution of a standing figure in peasant dress, in a contrapposto on a retracted grass base, carved and painted in the round, partially chandeliered. The left hand holds a sickle as an attribute. She was born around 1265 in Rattenberg, formerly Bavaria, now Tyrol, and was venerated as the patron saint of maidservants and agriculture after miraculous events. A museum was opened at her burial site in Eben am Achensee. (1401342) (11)
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