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Large statue carved walnut decorated certainly of the evangelist St. Luke * and a bull at his feet, high quality of execution, of XVIIth century.
This statue is in very good condition.
A note: some minor wear and worm holes visible on pictures.
We provide the statue with a stick that is not original.
Companion of the Apostle Paul. He practiced medicine (Col 4:14) and he followed Paul in his first trips to Macedonia and then into his detention in Rome (2Ti 4:11). It is considered the author of the Third Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Acts of the Apostles. Luke is symbolized by the bull, animal sacrifice, because his gospel begins with the evocation of a sacrificing priest serving the Temple of Jerusalem: Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist.
