Apostle or Prophet

1st half 14th century (Medieval) H: 5 1/2 in. (13.9 cm) Citation Source image

This unusual bearded figure stands bent forward, head projecting at a forty-five-degree angle, his hood falling back off his head. He holds an open book, which forms an X with the folds of drapery below. The straight folds on the front of the figure contrast with the shaper V-...

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Octave Homberg Collection, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Homberg Sale, Paris, May 16, 1908, lot 493; Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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