A framed set of four carved oak panels, Northern French, circa 1530
REF: 2519
Thought to represent a series of Cardinal and Theological Virtues rather than saints, although their identities remain ambiguous. Each standing in a domed aedicula, atop a fluted plinth. Their attributes are as follows: 1. heart in the right hand, 2. reed or spear in the left hand, 3. a tower in the left hand with a dragon emerging from it, 4. a coronet in the right hand, framed.
- Height 61.5 cm / 24 "
- Width 79.5 cm / 31 1⁄2"
- Depth 2.7 cm / 1 1⁄4"
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