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Lot 341 Dα

A large cast iron relief plaque with the Last Supper after Leonardo da Vinci

Auction 1169 - overview Berlin
24.04.2021, 11:00 - Prussian Sale
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.000 €
Result: 5.000 € (incl. premium)
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A large cast iron relief plaque with the Last Supper after Leonardo da Vinci

Black patinated cast iron. The relief plaque and vine leaf frame cast separately. H 37.3, W 67.5 cm, H with frame 54.5, W 85 cm.
Gleiwitz / Gliwice, model by Leonhard Posch after an engraving by Raphael Morgen, 1822.

Provenance

The C. Lith collection.

Literature

Cf. Schmidt, Der preußische Eisenkunstguss, Berlin 1981, illus. 39. Cf. Forschler-Tarrasch, Leonhard Posch 1750 1831 Porträtmodelleur und Bildhauer, Berlin 2002, no. 854: "Das Modell wurde später von Johann Carl Wilhelm Kratzenberg bearbeitet und 1834 auf der Akademie-Ausstellung gezeigt." (p. 223).