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Subject
Religious. Saints.

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Providence, Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art

13.1491A

Ivory

Height: 141mm

Saint Louis, holding a book; crown.

Museum's opinion 2012: French, 19th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive polychromy and gilding: gold (fleur-de-lis patterns; crown; along the hems), blue (cloak), brown (hair), red (belt).

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Underside has crosshatching.

Comments
This piece forms a pair with a statuette of saint Barbara, also in Providence (13.149B).

Provenance
Gift of Mrs Jesse H. Metcalf to the Museum in 1913.

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