Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Auction Closed
December 3, 02:41 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
ATTRIBUTED TO ARTUS QUELLINUS II (1625-1700) AND WORKSHOP
SOUTHERN NETHERLANDISH, ANTWERP, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
LAMENTATION GROUP
boxwood
47 by 43cm., 18½ by 17in.
Private collection, the Netherlands
This moving Lamentation bears a striking resemblance to the work of Artus II Quellinus, one of the foremost sculptors active in 17th-century Antwerp. In mood, design and figural style, the present group relates closely to Quellinus's Coronation in the Church of Notre-Dame de Leliendael, Malines (Philippot, op. cit., p. 891, fig. 2). Compare also the facial type of the left hand Angel, in particular, with the Angel in the Funerary Monument of Anna-Catherina de Lamboy in Hasselt, as well as a wood Saint Michael in the Rijksmuseum (inv. no. BK-1978-35). The Angel on the right appears to be by a different hand, testifying to the close collaboration between Antwerp sculptors of this time. Similarly designed Angels are found, for example, in the work of Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder (1669-1728, see op. cit. 1977, nos. 151-152).
RELATED LITERATURE
La sculpture au siècle de Rubens dans les Pays-Bas méridioneaux et la principauté de Liège, exh. cat. Musée d'Art Ancien, Brussels, 1977, pp. 190-191; P. Philippot et al., L'Architecture religieuse et la Sculpture Baroques dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux et la principauté de Liège, 1600-1770, Sprimont, 2003, pp. 887-903