Saint Barbara with tower; crown.
Museum's opinion 2012: France, 19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive gilding and polychromy: gold (floral patterns on the cloak and robe; crown; along the hems), red (cloak).
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Underside has crosshatching.
Comments
This piece forms a pair with a statuette of saint Louis, also in Providence (13.149A). The two statuettes are contained in a box with a coat of arms (a bend, with two fleur-de-lis), which seems inspired by the arms of the dukes of Bourbon.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs Jesse H. Metcalf to the Museum in 1913.
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