Michael Lake
Head of Department
Lot 61TP
A 15th century German limestone figural group of the Pietàprobably southern Bohemia or upper Austria, circa 1420
Amended
27 November 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£30,000 - £50,000
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A 15th century German limestone figural group of the Pietà
probably southern Bohemia or upper Austria, circa 1420
the recumbent figure of Christ cradled in the lap of his mourning mother wearing the crown of thorns, his torso with open wounds, his hands folded, the shrouded figure of the mourning Virgin clad in folded drapery and gazing downwards in sorrow, the surface with some traces of original polychrome, the rear of the open base with later painted inventory number or date 1824 and remnants of an Austrian printed paper label marked Linz numbered 26,
111cm high, 83cm wide, 31cm deep approximately
the recumbent figure of Christ cradled in the lap of his mourning mother wearing the crown of thorns, his torso with open wounds, his hands folded, the shrouded figure of the mourning Virgin clad in folded drapery and gazing downwards in sorrow, the surface with some traces of original polychrome, the rear of the open base with later painted inventory number or date 1824 and remnants of an Austrian printed paper label marked Linz numbered 26,
111cm high, 83cm wide, 31cm deep approximately
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