Gallery III : Works of art from the Gothic , Renaissance , Haute Epoque and Baroque period
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Wood carved panels
Pair of wood carved (door) panels
Both with religious scenes
Dimensions :
34cm - 27.5cm (panel 1)
38cm - 27.5cm (panel 2)
15th - 16th century
Probably France
Panel 1: showing the seated Virgin Mary beneath two dragonesque beasts holding curtains
Panel 2: showing the seated Virgin Mary with the Cross beneath two winged angels holding a baldachin.
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King Gradlon the Great
Folk art wood carving
Dimensions : height 34.5cm - width 25cm
19th century
French - Bretagne
Gradlon the Great was a semi-legendary 5th century "King" of Cournouaille ( historic region on the west coast of Brittany in western France)
He became de hero of many Breton folk stories.
The most famous of these legends is the story of the sunken city of Ys.