500 year old reliquary statuette of Saint Christopher at risk of leaving UK
500 year old reliquary statuette of Saint Christopher at risk of leaving UK A temporary export bar has been placed on a 500 year old late Gothic statuette of St Christopher worth £10 million From: 4 June 2021 Valued at £10 million, the statuette is a remarkable object from the great age of European masters such as Hans Holbein and Albrecht Durer. Bar is to allow time for a UK gallery or institution to acquire the work Statuette is a companion piece to another reliquary, of Saint Sebastian, in the V&A Museum A German late Gothic statuette of Saint Christopher that dates back to t...
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