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Lot 1156 Dα

Upper Rhine-Region c. 1500 - AN ANGEL CANDLE HOLDER

Auction 1010 - overview Cologne
11.05.2013, 11:00 - Old Masters & 19th Century
Estimate: 6.000 € - 7.000 €
Result: 7.320 € (incl. premium)
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Upper Rhine-Region c. 1500

AN ANGEL CANDLE HOLDER

Wood carved in the round, remains of polychromy, in large parts reworked. Frontal viewpoint, a small kneeling angel in a long robe holding a candle holder on his left knee. The figure is set on a high slender stand with palmette decoration, pierced baluster form with foliate decoration and a profile molded plate. Knocked with some losses to the stand, mounted on a new wooden base. Height without foot 99 cm, angel height 25 cm.

Provenance

Hubert Lüttgens collection, Aachen.

Literature

Ernst Günther Grimme: Die Sammlung Hubert Lüttgens Aachen, Hamm 1951, p. 42-43, ill. 27. - Hubert Lüttgens (Hg.): Haus Lüttgens. Alt-Aachener Wohnkultur, Aachen o. J., p. 30 and 82, plates 18 and 70.