Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - The Age of Oak - 14th January 2025
Lot 143
A CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF POPE CORNELIUS
Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £693
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Description
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.