Saints Christopher, Eustace, and Erasmus (Three Helper Saints), ca. 1500–1505, Made in Würzburg, Germany, German, Limewood, Overall: 21 x 13 x 4 3/4 in. (53.3 x 33 x 12.1 cm), Sculpture-Wood, Tilman Riemenschneider (German, 1460–1531), The figures in this relief represent three of the fourteen Helper Saints, venerated as a group since the early 1300s. They became particularly popular in the south of Germany after 1446, when it was believed they appeared in a vision to a shepherd in Upper Franconia
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Saints Christopher, Eustace, Erasmus, Three Helper Saints, ca, 1500–1505, Würzburg, Germany, German, Limewood, Overall, 21 x 13 4 3/4, 53.3 33 12.1 cm, Sculpture-Wood, Tilman Riemenschneider, 1460–1531, figures, relief represent, three, fourteen Helper, Saints, venerated, group, early 1300s, particularly popular, south, 1446, believed, appeared, vision, shepherd, Upper Franconia
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