A CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF POPE CORNELIUS

A CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF POPE CORNELIUS

PROBABLY GERMAN, 16TH CENTURY

wearing his papal triple crown, with remains of painted decoration

74cm high

Catalogue Note

Pope Cornelius reigned from 251 to 253AD and is considered a local patron saint in Kornelimünster, Germany. The Victoria & Albert Museum holds a 16th century stained glass panel of Pope or Saint Cornelius wearing a similar triple crown to that shown in the present lot. See V & A, accession no. c.325-1928.