Upper Rhine-Region circa 1460/1470 - A carved limewood figure of a standing female saint, Upper Rhine Region, circa 1460/70 - image-1

Lot 2136 Dα

Upper Rhine-Region circa 1460/1470 - A carved limewood figure of a standing female saint, Upper Rhine Region, circa 1460/70

Auction 1221 - overview Cologne
20.05.2023, 11:00 - Old Masters
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €
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Upper Rhine-Region circa 1460/1470

A carved limewood figure of a standing female saint, Upper Rhine Region, circa 1460/70

Limewood, carved in the round. With remnants of former polychromy. The skin overpainted. On the original moulded plinth. She stands facing towards the right, gripping the fabric of her red gown with her right hand; the hand of the raised left hand missing. According to Hubert Wilm, this figure belongs to a group of depictions of saints and the Virgin carved in the Upper Rhineland region whose drapery motifs are closely linked to the engravings of the Master E.S.
The missing crown was replaced after 1990. With several minor cracks, insect damage and slight wear. Height 36.5 cm (with plinth).

Provenance

Benno Gereon Engel Collection, Munich. - His sale, Lempertz Auction 438, Cologne, 2.12.1953, lot 13. - Julius Böhler, Munich 1990.

Literature

For more on similar sculptures from the Upper Rhine-Region dated circa 1470/1480 cf. Hubert Wilm: Die gotische Holzfigur, 3rd edition. Stuttgart 1942, ill. 108 and 110-112.