Lower Rhine Region ca. 1520 - A carved oak relief of the Lamentation, Lower Rhine Region, around 1520 - image-1

Lot 1638 Dα

Lower Rhine Region ca. 1520 - A carved oak relief of the Lamentation, Lower Rhine Region, around 1520

Auction 1209 - overview Cologne
19.11.2022, 11:00 - Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture 14th-19th Centuries
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €
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Lower Rhine Region ca. 1520

A carved oak relief of the Lamentation, Lower Rhine Region, around 1520

Carved three-quarters in the round, the reverse flattened. Minimal remains of former polychromy. Depicting the Virgin Mary seated on an unornamented bench, holding the body of Her dead Son, clothed in a perizonium, in Her lap. To the right, She is accompanied by a figure in contemporary fashionable clothing, presumably Mary Magdalene.
With vertical hairline cracks, especially to the plinth. Minor wear throughout. Height 37 cm.

Provenance

Lempertz auction 846, Cologne, 15.11.2002, lot 1197. - Subsequently private collection, Westphalia.