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Lot 1601 Dα

A Gothic chasuble cross

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 17:30 - Decorative Arts - Furniture
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 5.544 € (incl. premium)
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A Gothic chasuble cross

Linen cloth embroidered with silk and gold-wrapped threads with silk, silver and velvet appliques. Depicting Christ crucified on a branch cross with Sts. Peter and Paul at his feet, the mourning Virgin Mary and St. John, and a figure of St. James in a Gothic niche. Localised losses to some colours, for example in the face of the Virgin Mary, some minor repairs, in very good overall condition. H 120, W 60 cm.
Attributed to Rhineland, 15th C.

Literature

Cf. Durian-Ress, Textilien Sammlung Bernheimer. Paramente 15.-19. Jh., Munich 1991, cat. no. 6, for the spiralling gold threads in the background.

Cf. Sporbeck, Museum Schnütgen. Die liturgischen Gewänder. 11. bis 19. Jahrhundert Cologne 2001, cat. no. 11, a similar Christ on a branch cross.