Saint John

Swabia, dated 1481

(formerly regarded as Tyrolean work)
Lime wood, sculpture in the round, old polychromy and gilding,
Year “1481” engraved on the reverse of the base

Height: 35 cm

Literature:
- Georg Habich: Renaissance-Ausstellung […]. In: Münchener Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst 1907, I, p. 91 (described below).
- Julius Harry Böhler: Meisterwerke alter Kunst. Ausstellung anlässlich der 800-Jahr-Feier der Stadt München, Munich 1958, no. 72.

Exhibitions:
- Plastische Bildwerke from the 15th and 16th century, Munich 1907.
- Meisterwerke alter Kunst. Julius Böhler, Munich 1958, No. 72.

Provenance:
- Collection Rudolph Kuppelmayr, Munich;
- Acquired by Julius Böhler at the Kuppelmayr auction in 1896;
- Private collection, Austria