Attributed to the 'Master with the Five-pointed Star': A carved wooden group of Saint Roch with an angel, Mechelen, 16th C.

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H 137,5 - 125 cm (with and without the walking stick)

 

Ref.:

Hans Devisscher (ed.), Mechels houtsnijwerk in de eeuw van Keizer Karel, Sint-Niklaas, 2000, nr. 30: Our statue can be attributed to the 'Master with the Five-pointed Star' (Meester met de Vijfpuntige Ster) as numerous parallels can be drawn between this sculpture and a 'Saint Roch of Montpellier' (in the parish church of Saint Martin, Zoersel, Halle, Belgium).