LOT DETAILS

Materials:

carved three-quarters in the round, the reverse flattened and deeply hollowed out; with possibly original polychromy, the faces and heads overpainted

Measurements:

31.50 in. (80.00 cm.) (height)

Description:

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Condition:

ammendments to the back of the crown; minimal wear

Literature:

For similar pieces cf. exhib. cat.: Gegen den Strom. Meisterwerke niederrheinischer Skulptur in Zeiten der Reformation 1500-1550, ed. Barbara Rommé, Berlin 1996 (cat. of the exhib. in the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen 12.12.1996-2.3.1997), p. 179-181, 198-200 & 203-205, cat. no. 14, 21 & 23.

Provenance:

Collection of Prof. Dr. Hans Waege, Belgium.