Walther Pompe - A boxwood figure of one of the wise virgins, attributed to Walther Pompe - image-1
Walther Pompe - A boxwood figure of one of the wise virgins, attributed to Walther Pompe - image-2
Walther Pompe - A boxwood figure of one of the wise virgins, attributed to Walther Pompe - image-1Walther Pompe - A boxwood figure of one of the wise virgins, attributed to Walther Pompe - image-2

Lot 162 Dα

Walther Pompe - A boxwood figure of one of the wise virgins, attributed to Walther Pompe

Auction 1182 - overview Cologne
15.07.2021, 11:00 - The Exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection
Estimate: 18.000 € - 20.000 €
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Walther Pompe

A boxwood figure of one of the wise virgins, attributed to Walther Pompe

Boxwood, carved in the round. This standing female figure presumably originally held an oil lamp as an attribute in her right hand, marking her out as a figure from a group representing the “Wise and Foolish Virgins”. The piece is signed and dated “Anv. (.) Pompe f. 1769.” on the reverse. This finely sculpted work may have been produced by Walther Pompe, who was one of the most influential sculptors in Flanders and was active as of around 1730. However, if the first initial in the signature is meant to be read as a “J”, then the work's author may have been Walther Pompe's equally talented son and pupil Jan Engelbert Pompe (1743-1810).
Some very minor wear. Height 29 cm.