Saint Michael the Archangel

Print
Location: 
Not on view
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Attributed to
Lorenzo Mercadante
Active in Seville, 1454-1468
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Description:
Sculpture

c. 1460

124 x 40 x 36 cm

Plandiura Collection, purchased 1932

Inventory number: 

004367-000

Century: 15th
Subject: Religion
Polychrome and gilded terracotta
It seems to comes from the former convent of Santa Clara de Fregenal de la Sierra (Badajoz). This would not have been the work's original destination, though, as the convent was founded in the 16th century.