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Lot 1204 Dα

Master of the Sinzig Calvary - THE CRUCIFIXION

Auction 1020 - overview Cologne
16.11.2013, 00:00 - Ols Masters incl. The Rau Collection for UNICEF
Estimate: 9.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 23.180 € (incl. premium)

Master of the Sinzig Calvary

THE CRUCIFIXION

Oil on panel (parquetted). 86.5 x 99.5 cm.

This work depicts a scene of calvary with a plethora of figures, and was considered to be the work of a master from the Lower Rhine Region until 1480. Alfred Stange attributed the panel to the Master of the Sinzig Calvary, whose name derives from a triptych in the late Romanic church of St. Peter in Sinzig. According to Stange (Deutsche Malerei der Gotik, vol. 5, München und Berlin 1952, pg. 49) the Master of the Sinzig Calvary was mainly influenced by the Master of the Life of Mary, who was active in Cologne. Characteristic for this painter are said to be "hard, metallic folds" and "overly long hands with pointed fingers". Some of the works attributed to this master by Stange have since been attributed to other artists, for example two panels in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn are now considered to be the work of a Rheinish (Cologne?) master, and a work in the Hessisches Landesmuseum in Darmstadt has been attributed to a master named after the work in question, the Master of the Darmstadt Tree of Jesse.

Certificate

Alfred Stange, Tutzing, 29.3.1965.

Provenance

Konsul Julius Stocky collection (1879-1952) - 479th Lempertz Auction, Cologne, 11.-14.11.1964, lot 167. - Galerie Heinemann, Wiesbaden. - Private collection, Hessia.

Literature

Alfred Stange: Die deutschen Tafelbilder vor Dürer. Kritisches Verzeichnis, vol. I, Munich 1967, p. 74, no. 222.