718 - St Peter with the Key, large sculpture, c. 1520

St Peter with the Key, large sculpture, c. 1520 The standing Saint Peter, with his distinctive curly beard and curly hair, holds his iconic key pressed firmly against his chest, his hands clasped, his head tilted slightly on the left and his gaze turned inwards and transfixed. His leg on the left is slightly weighted; beneath his cloak, which falls in soft, large folds, he wears an undergarment, from beneath the hem of which two feet, clad in ‘Roman’ sandals, peep out. A fully sculpted oak wood sculpture from around 1520, featuring professional retouching (smoothing on the left side of the face, on the cloak and on the undergarment) and a restored key; height 80 cm