King Clothar II and an Attendant, ca. 1500–1525, French, Oak, painted, Overall: 21 1/2 x 7 5/8 x 5 in. (54.6 x 19.4 x 12.7 cm), Sculpture-Wood, This elegant late Gothic relief of Clothar II (d. 629), Merovingian king of the Franks, is part of a scene from a dismantled retable, still in the church of Recloses, in which he receives two gold saddles from the reknowned goldsmith Saint EIoi, or Eligius.
King Clothar II and an Attendant, ca. 1500–1525, French, Oak, painted, Overall: 21 1/2 x 7 5/8 x 5 in. (54.6 x 19.4 x 12.7 cm), Sculpture-Wood, This elegant late Gothic relief of Clothar II (d. 629), Merovingian king of the Franks, is part of a scene from a dismantled retable, still in the church of Recloses, in which he receives two gold saddles from the reknowned goldsmith Saint EIoi, or Eligius