The adoration of the shepherds
Tyrol, second half 18th C. - image-1

Lot 75 Dα

The adoration of the shepherds Tyrol, second half 18th C.

Auction 1237 - overview Cologne
16.11.2023, 10:00 - Stained Glass from four Centuries
Estimate: 1.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 1.512 € (incl. premium)

The adoration of the shepherds
Tyrol, second half 18th C.

Glass panel painted on reverse in opaque and transparent pigments against black ground. With retouches in red. Ebonised and gilded softwood frame, H 41.5, W 60 cm.

The large format of this work is unusual for Tyrolean reverse glass paintings. Nothing comparable could be found either in specialist literature or in museum collections.

Provenance

Art market, Tegernsee.

Literature

Illus. in Steiner, "...denn ich verkünde Euch eine große Freude!" – Die Weihnachtsgeschichte in der Hinterglasmalerei 1550 - 1850, Mittenwald 2008, illus. 16.
Illus. in Steiner, Verborgene Schätze – Tiroler Hinterglasmalerei 1550 - 1850, Brixen 2009, illus. 96.

Exhibitions

2005 - 2006 "Eleganz in Glanz", Barockmuseum Salzburg.
2008 - 2009 Geigenbaumuseum Mittenwald.
2009 - 2010 Diözesanmuseum Hofburg Brixen.