TÊTE DE SAINT MILITAIRE (SAINT GEORGES ?) - Lot 122

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TÊTE DE SAINT MILITAIRE (SAINT GEORGES ?) - Lot 122
TÊTE DE SAINT MILITAIRE (SAINT GEORGES ?) STONE HEAD OF A SAINT (SAINT GEORGE ?) Normandy, mid 16th century In carved limestone, the head wearing a turban revealing a hair with wavy locks covering the ears, the face is thin, with delicately hemmed almond eyes, the mouth is drawn with thin lips H: 32 cm (damages and restorations) Provenance : previously in the collection of Christian de Pourtalès-Schickler (1928-2018) Château de Beaurepaire, Martinvast (Normandie, Manche). This head comes from a large sculpture destroyed during the Second World War in May 1944 during the bombing of the Château de Beaurepaire at Martinvast. Iappears in an old black and white photography of a room in the property of the family of Count Hubert de Pourtalès and Marguerite de Schickler (1870 – 1956).
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