St. Barbara

Pilsen, Bohemia, ca. 1490

Carved linden wood, polychrome painted and gilt.

H: 54.5 cm

UMP 3041

The small wooden sculptures were presented to the museum’s collections from the arch-deanery of St. Bartholomew’s Cathedral, where they had adorned the Renaissance-era epitaph of Matthias von Sonnenberg from 1612.