Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from an Important European Collection
Alpine, circa 1400 | Virgin and Child Enthroned
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December 5, 03:12 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important European Collection
Alpine, circa 1400
Virgin and Child Enthroned
gilt and polychromed wood
106cm., 41¾in.
Please note the following amendments to the printed catalogue:
Please note the additional Provenance and Literature.
Gustav Schütz (1865-1939), Vienna;
Rudolf Neumeister, Munich, circa 1972
F. Kieslinger, Mittelalterliche Skulpturen einer Wiener Sammlung, Vienna, 1937, no. XI and fig. 18;
J. Boccador and E. Bresset, Statuaire médiévale de collection, 1972, vol. II, pp. 33-34, fig. 21
This elegant enthroned Virgin with the Christ Child standing on her lap conforms to a type that was established in Eastern France and along the Rhine during the 14th century. Identifying its material as limewood, Jacqueline Boccador (op. cit.) sought to localise the present group in southern Germany, more specifically in Bavaria or Swabia. It may however have originated in the western Alps, as is indicated by a closely comparable early 15th-century enthroned Madonna from Issogne in the Museo Regionale, Aosta, thought to have been made by a Swiss sculptor (illustrated in Castelnuovo et al., op. cit). Compare also the fleshy facial features of a 14th-century enthroned Virgin from Val d'Aosta sold at Sotheby's New York on 22 May 2001. The present group is distinguished by the charming expressiveness of the Christ Child, who is holding a small bird.
RELATED LITERATURE
E. Castelnuovo and Francesca de Gramatico (eds.), Il Gotico nelle Alpi, 1350-1450, exh. cat. Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento, 2002, p. 156, fig. 1
RELATED LITERATURE
E. Castelnuovo and Francesca de Gramatico (eds.), Il Gotico nelle Alpi, 1350-1450, exh. cat. Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento, 2002, p. 156, fig. 1