St Dorothy of Caeserea
Ulm, Germany, about 1510
Wood, polychromed and gilded
56 cm high
According to legend, St Dorothy of Caesarea was martyred for her Christian beliefs in 304. A man taunted her when she was about to be executed and mockingly requested roses and apples from heaven. When a child – an angel in disguise – then gave him a basket of roses and apples after her death, he instantly converted to Christianity. Mauch trained in Ulm, in southern Germany, where he produced an early masterpiece, the Bieselbach altarpiece (1510), to which this fine work has been compared.
Purchased 1948 (No. 43.8)
