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Circle of Erasmus Grasser
Male Saint (Cosmas or Damian [?])circa 1480-1500

Not on view
Polychrome wood sculpture of a standing figure in slate-gray cloak and rust-red robe, holding a thin object, with long wavy hair and a flat-brimmed hat, showing Gothic drapery folds and worn paint surface
Polychrome wood sculpture of a standing figure wearing a gilt crown, long dark green and reddish-brown robes with deeply carved drapery folds, holding a cylindrical object in both hands.

Circle of Erasmus Grasser, Male Saint (Cosmas or Damian [?]), circa 1480-1500, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Circle of Erasmus Grasser
Germany, Munich, circa 1450-1526
Title
Male Saint (Cosmas or Damian [?])
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1480-1500
Medium
Polychrome and gilt linden wood
Dimensions
54 × 17 × 14 in. (137.16 × 43.18 × 35.56 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Accession Number
47.8.28
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Valentiner, W.R. Gothic and Renaissance Sculptures: in the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1951.
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.