Lot 201
  • 201

a fine Lorraine Gothic polychrome limestone sculpture of the Virgin and Child, second half 14th century

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Description

  • height 114cm
carved in almost full round the crowned Virgin depicted standing in a S-pose, holding a flower sceptre, with curly hair, a headscarf and a draped mantle over a long draped mantle, her chest set with rock-cristal cabochons, three missing, the Child with long tunic holding a bird with both hands, most original polychrome and gilding

Provenance

The city of Nancy; Sold Kunsthaus Heinrich Hahn, Frankfurt am Main Sale 16, lot 16