Northern Italy, circa 1500 - A North Italian alabaster high-relief of a Pietà group, circa 1500 - image-1

Lot 1245 Dα

Northern Italy, circa 1500 - A North Italian alabaster high-relief of a Pietà group, circa 1500

Auction 1087 - overview Cologne
20.05.2017, 11:00 - Old Master Paintings and Drawings, Sculpture
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €

Northern Italy, circa 1500

A North Italian alabaster high-relief of a Pietà group, circa 1500

With slight remains of former parcel gilding.. A high-relief depiction of the seated Virgin Mary cradling the body of Her dead son in Her lap before the cross on the rocks of Golgatha and the city of Jerusalem in the background. The sides of the relief are worked to fit into a frame.
The Virgin's thumb lost. The upper corners reattached. Some wear. 29.5 x 22.5 x 6.5 cm.