Saint Augustin as bishop - Baroque gilded wood statue, South - Lot 130

Saint Augustin as bishop - Baroque gilded wood statue, Southern Germany or Austria, early 18th century Devotional statue depicting Saint Augustine of Hippo as a bishop, wearing mitre and cope, holding a book in his left hand and a pastoral staff in his right (partially missing), carved in oak with gilding leaf on red primer (Armenian bowl) and traces of original polychromy, characteristic of the popular Baroque (Bauernbarock) of the provincial workshops of Southern Germany or Austria around 1700-1750, with deeply carved folds, synthetic forms and meditative expression oriented towards devotional function, reverse simply painted and not gilded indicating frontal presentation in niche or secondary altar, pastoral staff broken at top with old hand restoration, wear and alterations consistent with age and cultic use. Details: Saint represented: Saint Augustine of Hippo; Period: circa 1700-1750; Origin: South Germany or Austria; Material: carved oak, gilding with leaf, polychromy; Height: 36.5 cm; Weight: 1,100 g; Condition: good overall condition, head of staff missing, gilding partially preserved, surface stabilized.