Master Sculpture & Works of Art Part II
Master Sculpture & Works of Art Part II
Property from the Estate of Alexis Gregory, sold to Benefit the Alexis Gregory Foundation
Charity
Lot Closed
January 28, 07:43 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Alexis Gregory, sold to Benefit the Alexis Gregory Foundation
South German, late 16th century
Charity
repoussé gold
height 5¾ in.; 14.6cm.
The present gold repoussé relief is beautifully detailed and chased, particularly in her headdress and the embellishments on her clothing. It is reminiscent of a silver-gilt relief appliqué of the Virgin and Child, probably made to adorn a book cover and similar in size to the present relief, from Erzabtei St. Peter in Salzburg, catalogued as Augsburg master, and dated 1589 (see Dürers Verwandlung in der Skultur zwischen Renaissance und Barock, exhibition catalogue, 1 November 1981 to 17 January 1982, Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main, no. 17, pp. 56 and 57).