"Terracotta Sculpture By St Rock Signed 1834"
Sculpture of St Roch" in terracotta, Patron Saint of the medical professions, miracle worker and protector of animals. St Roch born in Montpellier around 1348 is here represented in Romieu pilgrim's clothing, showing his wound, a dog at his side. Finely sculpted This beautiful terracotta has retained its polychromy. It is signed JH DEWEZ, Belgian civil servant and historian - 1834.