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London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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This statuette represents St. Anthony the Abbot and is made by an unknown artist in Germany in ca. 1850-1900.
The carver apparently imitated an earlier image of the same subject, and the figure was perhaps intended to form part of a Neo-Gothic altarpiece. However if so, it was removed from its context at a later date and attached to a supposedly older base, thereby leading to its being mistakenly considered a genuine earlier piece rather than a historizising work of art.
Victoria and Albert Museum