Austria 2nd half 15th century - An Austrian wooden figure of the Virgin with Child, second half 15th century. - image-1

Lot 1196 Dα

Austria 2nd half 15th century - An Austrian wooden figure of the Virgin with Child, second half 15th century.

Auction 1076 - overview Cologne
19.11.2016, 11:00 - Old Master Paintings and Drawings, Sculpture
Estimate: 20.000 € - 25.000 €
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Austria 2nd half 15th century

An Austrian wooden figure of the Virgin with Child, second half 15th century.

Carved three-quarters in the round, the reverse flattened and hollowed out. With older and probably partially original polychromy, some areas retouched.. A large figure of the crowned Virgin standing in balanced contrapposto on a facetted plinth, designed for a frontal viewpoint. She is shown holding the nude Christ Child over Her right hip, and holds a sceptre (not the original) in Her extended left hand. Her head is covered by a white veil, and She wears a white, floral patterned gown, which falls to Her feet in parallel folds. Her cloak is fastened at the neck and gathered across Her body, creating a pattern of thick, even folds encompassed by thinly carved, curling seams.
The crown and sceptre replaced. Some fingers and toes defective and partially lost. A small, backed breakage below the Virgin's left elbow. Wear with losses to the polychromy. Height 133 cm (without the crown).

Provenance

Purchased from Reinhold Hofstätter, Vienna, circa 1975. - Private collection, South Germany.