$1,400
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San Juan Nepomuceno - #4730
This finely sculpted early 19th century santo represents San Juan Nepomuceno, patron saint of lawyers, secrets, bridges and floods. Saint John, ordered executed by King Wenceslaus IV for refusing to reveal the Queen's confession, was tied to a wooden wheel and thrown off a bridge into the Moldau river. Shortly after his execution seven stars hovered over the place where he drowned.
Carved and polychrome painted wood with inset glass eyes.
Dimensions: 11.75 inches high.
Condition is excellent.
