Saxony ca. 1270/1280 - A Saxon carved wood figure of an Apostle, around 1270/1280 - image-1

Lot 1074 Dα

Saxony ca. 1270/1280 - A Saxon carved wood figure of an Apostle, around 1270/1280

Auction 1245 - overview Cologne
16.05.2024, 11:01 - Old Masters and 19th Century, Part I
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
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Saxony ca. 1270/1280

A Saxon carved wood figure of an Apostle, around 1270/1280

Carved in the round, the reverse only summarily worked. With remnants of older polychromy. A frontal depiction of a standing Apostle with a halo holding a book. Presumably one figure from a series of Apostles on a carved altarpiece.
The right hand and parts of the halo lost. Losses due to insect damage on the reverse. Wear throughout. Mounted on a wooden plinth. Height 29.5 cm (without plinth).

Provenance

Collection Dr. Hubert Wilm, Munich. - Sold in the 435th Lempertz auction, Cologne 3.12.1952, lot 30. - Passed on to the present owner by inheritance.

Literature

Julius Baum: Die Skulpturensammlung Hubert Wilm. In: Cicerone, 1927, p. 751ff, fig. 4 - Julius Baum, Adolf Feulner: Sammlung Hubert Wilm (Ausstellung im Kunstverein München), 1931, no. 7.

Exhibitions

Nuremberg 1924 (on loan from the Germanisches Nationalmuseum).