Lot 1804 Dα

Ulm circa 1460

An Ulm carved wooden figure of Christ as the Man of Sorrows, circa 1460.

Carved in the round, the lower section of the reverse slightly flattened. Original polychromy and gilding.. This fine work from the circle of Hans Multscher was designed for private devotion and shows a half-figure depiction of Christ clothed in a perizonium and emerging from a cloud bank. He bears the crown of thorns and wound in His side and holds forth His hands to display the stigmata.
With a narrow, vertical crack to the reverse. With minimal wear. Height 34 cm.