South German, circa 1500

Purchased with Museum funds from the George Grey Barnard Collection, 1945

Martin Weinberger, The George Grey Barnard Collection, New York, 1941, no. 94, pl. LVI;
Joan A. Holladay and Susan L. Ward, Gothic Sculpture in America, vol. III, The International Center for Medieval Art, New York, 2016, p. 501

Losses, wear, and worming throughout. Some age cracks (some filled). Some losses to strands of hair and to portions of crown. Channels and holes from old worming on both shoulders, top of head, and back. Some traces of worming on face.
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Perkinson (Gothic Sculpture, op. cit., p. 501) notes that the present sculpture is stylistically analogous to figures ascribed to the Ulm workshop of Jörg Syrlin the Elder from the third quarter of the 15th century. The high cheekbones and treatment of the eyes and eyelids are similar to several of his figures in the stalls of the Ulm Minster.