A high-relief oakwood figure of THE VIRGIN OF THE ANNUNCIATION (?) - image-1

Lot 1155 Dα

A high-relief oakwood figure of THE VIRGIN OF THE ANNUNCIATION (?)

Auction 947 - overview Cologne
21.11.2009, 00:00 - Old Masters
Estimate: 27.000 € - 30.000 €
Result: 32.400 € (incl. premium)
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A high-relief oakwood figure of THE VIRGIN OF THE ANNUNCIATION (?)

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. Height 69,5 cm..

Provenance

Collection of the Sculptor Richard Moest, Cologne, until 1906. - In 1907 aquired by the Suermondt-Museum in Aachen (on the reverse the inscription "Moest" and inventory number SK 322), later deaccessioned by sale or exchange. - Formerly Heinemann collection , Wiesbaden.

Literature

About the Master Arnt cf. Guido de Werd: Zum Werk des Dries Holthuys. Der Bildhauer und seine künstlerischen Beziehungen zu einigen Zeitgenossen. In: exhibition catalogue "Dries Holthuys. Ein Meister des Mittelalters aus Kleve", Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve 2002, p. 40-59, especially p. 42-51.