German, Rhenish, late 15th century

Siegfried Lämmle, Munich;
Julius Böhler and L H Heilbronner, acquired from the above in 50% shares, December 3, 1935, for RM 800 (Böhler stock # 35.74);
Fritz Thyssen, Mülheim, acquired from the above November 20, 1936 for RM 20,000 and confiscated from him by the National Socialist Authorities 1939;
In storage with the Folkwang Museum Essen from February 1940 (Inventory # FM28);
Marburg Central Collecting Point, after 1945 (inventory #1365);
Restituted to the Thyssen family by the British administration after May 1949 and thence by descent to Federico Augusto Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö;
From whose family acquired.

This lot is offered for sale pursuant to a settlement agreement with the heirs of Siegfried Lämmle.

The billowing sleeves with their exaggerated openings, trimmed beard, and lean, oval face of this St. George can be compared to those of a 15th century wood figure of Saint Giles with a Wounded Doe that was carved in the Rhine Valley and is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 48.154.2).