Lot 161 Dα

Walther Pompe

A terracotta figure of Saint Anthony by Walther Pompe

Terracotta, modelled in the round and with presumably original polychromy. This depiction of a standing bearded monk holding an open book in his left hand is labelled in a barely legible inscription on the front of the plinth “S. Antoines apt”, which identifies it as a depiction of Saint Anthony. The plinth is dated “1748” and bears the conjoined monogram “WP”. It is a characteristic work by the influential Flemish sculptor Walter Pompe, who produced numerous fine works in ivory, boxwood, terracotta and marble in his workshop in Antwerp as of 1730.
Wear with minor losses to the polychromy. Height 36 cm.