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A BRASS FIGURE OF SAINT LEONARD
AFTER RENIER VAN THIENEN, FLEMISH, 16TH CENTURY
Holding a book in his right hand and a crozier in his left hand
131⁄4 in. (33.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Dutch private collection and sold Finoelst, 3 July, 1924.
Ernest Brummer (1891-1964) and sold Galerie Koller and Spink & Son, Zurich, 16 October, 1979, lot 108.
John R. Gaines (1928-2005), Lexington, Kentucky and sold Christie’s, New York, 2 June, 1993, lot 203.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
J. W. Frederiks, ‘Enkele beschouwingen naar aanleiding van het gietwerk van Reinier van Thienen’, Oud Holland, vols. IV, V and VI, 1943, pp. 118-128.
Detroit Institute of Art, Flanders in the Fifteenth Century, exh. cat., Detroit, Michigan, 1960, pp. 268 and
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