A BRASS FIGURE OF SAINT LEONARD
AFTER RENIER VAN THIENEN, FLEMISH, 16TH CENTURY
Holding a book in his right hand and a crozier in his left hand
13 ¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high
A BRASS FIGURE OF SAINT LEONARD
AFTER RENIER VAN THIENEN, FLEMISH, 16TH CENTURY
Holding a book in his right hand and a crozier in his left hand
13 ¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high
Dutch private collection and sold Finoelst, 3 July, 1924. Ernest Brummer (1891-1964) and sold Galerie Koller and Spink & Son, Zurich, 16 October, 1979, lot 108. John R. Gaines (1928-2005), Lexington, Kentucky and sold Christie’s, New York, 2 June, 1993, lot 203.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE J. W. Frederiks, ‘Enkele beschouwingen naar aanleiding van het gietwerk van Reinier van Thienen’, Oud Holland, vols. IV, V and VI, 1943, pp. 118-128. Detroit Institute of Art, Flanders in the Fifteenth Century, exh. cat., Detroit, Michigan, 1960, pp. 268 and