Central Rhine Region late 15th century - A Central Rhenish Pietà group, late 15th century - image-1

Lot 1525 Dα

Central Rhine Region late 15th century - A Central Rhenish Pietà group, late 15th century

Auction 1049 - overview Cologne
16.05.2015, 14:00 - Sculptures and Works of Art
Estimate: 4.000 € - 5.000 €
Result: 7.440 € (incl. premium)
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Central Rhine Region late 15th century

A Central Rhenish Pietà group, late 15th century

Wood, carved in the round. The older and in parts presumably original polychromy partially overpainted. A devotional image of the Virgin, intended for a frontal and slightly lowered viewpoint. The Virgin wears a long cloak and veil and is depicted seated on a rock with Her hands raised in prayer. The rustic appearance of the body of Christ in His mother's lap, clothed in a perizonium and displaying the stigmata, lends the figure a particularly expressive quality.
With minor wear. Mounted to a flat wooden base. Height 54 cm (without base).

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland.

Literature

Ernst Wackenroder: Die Kunstdenkmälder des Landkreises Cochem, vol. 1, Munich 1959, p. 210 (here listed as "Mosel Region/Southern Eifel, late 15th century").