Lot 784 D ‡ α

A carved Baroque ivory crucifix

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 12.000 € - 15.000 €
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A carved Baroque ivory crucifix

Tall crucifix depicting Christ in a perizonium and the crown of thorns. The cross inlaid with tortoiseshell, blue dyed tortoiseshell, brass and pewter on a softwood and oak core. Minor losses, the base enlarged later. H 104.5, W ca. 25, D ca. 14 cm.
Flanders or Saxony, around 1700 / first quarter 18th C.

Provenance

Private collection, Rome.

Literature

Cf. a cross showing the dead Jesus by Paul Heermann in The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, acc.no. A.5-1956.
Cf. Theuerkauff, Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein des 16.-19. Jahrhunderts, Berlin 21986, p. 374, Anmerkung 14.
Cf. Also the living figure of Christ by Gabriel Grupello in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig, inv. no. Elf 80.