Saint Sebaldus or Saint Leopold

Description This carved wooden statue came from a church interior. Most statues of this type were originally covered by gesso (a mixture of glue and plaster of Paris) and then painted in vibrant colors, with some details gilded; only traces of these decorations still remain. This figure may represent either Saint Sebaldus (8th century) or Saint Leopold (12th century). Both were depicted in central Europe ca. 1500 holding a model of a church (the tower on this example is missing), but both usually have additional attributes.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
1/22/1963	Treatment	cleaned
6/25/1971	Treatment	cleaned

Provenance Raoul Heilbronner, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase, Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1910