Master Sculpture & Works of Art Part II

Master Sculpture & Works of Art Part II

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Property from the Estate of Alexis Gregory, sold to Benefit the Alexis Gregory Foundation

South German, late 16th century

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.

Sotheby's London, 12 April 1990, lot 181;
Christie's New York, 30 March 2000, lot 54;
Daniel Katz Ltd., London, July 2002.

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).