Brabant school, Mechelen, second quarter of the 16th century Saint Barbara, known as the "Doll of Mechelen Polychromed and gilded wooden statuette Bears the guarantee marks of the three pals on the back and the letter M on the front in the drapery Height: 29.5 cm (Damage and missing parts, missing polychromy) Saint Barbara, sculpted polychrome and gilded wood, Brabant School, Malines, second quarter of the 16th C. H.: 11.61 in. Provenance: Private collection, Paris Bibliography: related : F.Cayron and D Steyaert, Made in Malines, les Statuettes malinoises ou poupées de Malines de 1500 À 1540, Etude matérielle et typologique, Scientia Artis 16, IRPA, Bruxelles, 2019, pp.104-105 This statuette in polychromed and gilded wood bears witness to the dynamism of the leading artistic centre that was the city of Mechelen during the reign of Margaret of Austria. The city's craftsmen, grouped together in the Guild of Saint Luke, specialised in the production of works that are now among the most representative of the medieval period, both from a technical and functional point of view. The figures, all individual saints, are made from reference models using highly regulated sculpting and polychromy techniques. Brabant school, Mechelen, second quarter of the 16th century This statuette in polychrome and gilded wood bears witness to the dynamism of the leading artistic centre that was the town of Mechelen during the reign of Margaret of Austria. The city's craftsmen, grouped together in the Guild of Saint Luke, specialised in the production of works that are now among the most representative of the medieval period, both technically and functionally. The figures, all individual saints, are made from reference models using highly regulated sculpting and polychromy techniques.