ALLEMAGNE, fin du XVIème siècle Saint Marguerite in carved and polychromed basswood, back roughened. Her hair held in place by a diadem of large pearls, an allusion to her name (margarita, Latin for pearl), the saint is dressed in a square-necked justaucorps dress and a mantle, one side of which is pulled back to the front, with the dragon lying at her feet; she would have been holding a cross in her right hand (no longer present), a palm in her left. H. 65 cm. Wooden terrace, mounted. Some missing parts, including the right hand.