Brabant, circa 1520 - A Brabantine carved oak reliquary bust, circa 1520 - image-1

Lot 1204 Dα

Brabant, circa 1520 - A Brabantine carved oak reliquary bust, circa 1520

Auction 1087 - overview Cologne
20.05.2017, 11:00 - Old Master Paintings and Drawings, Sculpture
Estimate: 7.000 € - 10.000 €
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Brabant, circa 1520

A Brabantine carved oak reliquary bust, circa 1520

Carved three-quarters in the round. The reverse flattened and with a rectangular hole for a (lost) closure and deeply hollowed out right up to the opening to the front. Minimal remains of former polychromy. A half-figure depiction of a saint clasping a pierced reliquary opening before her, with two further glazed relic containers to the chest and forehead. The piece forms part of a series of 12 similar busts that entered the art market together in the 1950s.
Minimal wear. Mounted on a wooden plinth. Height 39 cm.

Provenance

Antwerp art market (Dirven). - Purchased in England in the 1950s. - Collection of Prof. Dr. Hans Waege, Belgium.

Literature

Exhib. cat.: Antlitz des Mittelalters. Meisterwerke spätmittelalterlicher Skulptur in rheinischem Privatbesitz (in the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen), Aachen 1999, p. 207-210, illus. 59.