SOUTH GERMAN, PROBABLY SWABIA, CIRCA 1480 | ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Dr. Ernst Seegall, Berlin;

By descent to Ruth Seegall Levy, Brussels and New York;

By descent to Anne Levy Lederfeind, New York

The deeply carved, voluminous drapery style is indicative of the Swabian region and the carving of the head is distinctive with tight, intricate curls of hair and excessive wrinkles in the saint's face, producing a highly expressive image.