76. Art and Antiques Auction
Nov 23, 2024
Blasiistraße 21, 6484 Quedlinburg, Germany
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LOT 790:

Sanctus Hieronymus, Tuscany, around 1850

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Sold for: €120
Price including buyer’s premium: 145.20
Start price:
120
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Auction took place on Nov 23, 2024 at Kunst- und Auktionshaus Quedlinburg
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Sanctus Hieronymus, Tuscany, around 1850
red earthenware, decorated in many colors, full-round figure of the saint in a lying pose, studying a book, with the attributes of transience such as a skull, bones, hourglass and a stone for self-castigation, age-appropriate condition, slightly bumped in places, 68 x 73 x 30 cm (HxWxD)
Church Father Jerome 348-420, patron saint of translators and linguists.

German Description

Sanctus Hieronymus, Toskana, um 1850
rote Irdenware, vielfarbig staffiert, vollrunde Figur des Heiligen in liegender Pose, ein Buch studierend, mit den Attributen der Vergänglichkeit wie Totenschädel, Gebeinen, Stundenglas sowie ein Stein zur Selbstkasteiung, altersgemäßer Zustand, wenige Bestoßungen, 68 x 73 x 30 cm (HxBxT)
Kirchenvater Hieronymus 348-420, Schutzpatron der Übersetzer und Sprachforscher.