Statue of a male saint with beard, from the shrine of the former high altarpiece of the Church of the Virgin Mary in Csíkmenaság (today Armăşeni, Romania) Master of Ciuc

Artist	Master of Ciuc
Date	17th century
Object type	altar statue
Medium, technique	lindenwood, painted
Dimensions	statue: 60 cm
Inventory number	53.540.4
Collection	Old Hungarian Collection
On view	Hungarian National Gallery Building D, First Floor, Late Gothic Winged Altarpieces

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Radocsay, Dénes, A középkori Magyarország táblaképei, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1955.

Radocsay, Dénes, A középkori Magyarország faszobrai, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1967.

Matthias Corvinus und die Renaissance in Ungarn 1458-1541: Schallaburg ’82, Niederösterreichisches Landesregierung Abt.III/2. Kulturabteilung, Wien, 1982.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.

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Statue of a male saint with beard, from the shrine of the former high altarpiece of the Church of the Virgin Mary in Csíkmenaság (today Armăşeni, Romania) Master of Ciuc

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