St. Florian

Wood, polychrome, height of figure ca 140 cm (without flag spar).
Central Europe, 1st half of the 19th century.
Figure in armor and helmet, with red mantle on his shoulders; in his right hand a wooden fossa with pouring water; in his left hand a flag spar with the sign of the cross.
The back of the sculpture is hollow, inside the hollow there are inscriptions testifying to successive restorations (1861, 1917, 1967). Preservation condition: good, visible cracks in left hand and lack of one finger, sculpture after conservation. Provenance: from a private collection.