Lot number 3078 - Auction 141
BÜSTE DES HEILIGEN ALOISIUS

BUST OF SAINT ALOISIUS South German/Austria, 18th century. Limewood, carved in relief, painted in color, gilded, flattened on the back, hollowed inside. H. 46, w. 32, d. 22 cm, weight approx. 3.71 kg. Half-figure depiction of the patron saint of students Aloisius in an ornamented, fabric-covered robe with collar. Part. bumped and losses to the mount, anobia infestation, old rest, formerly sealed reliquary.