Lot No. 954


A Gothic Madonna of Ears, South German, c. 1480-1500,


Mary standing with long hair, her hands folded in prayer, her blue painted robe decorated with gilded wheat ears, gilded rays on the neck and sleeve hem, carved limewood, hollowed out on the back, polychrome painted and gilded, height 90 cm, age-related damage, (MC)

Provenance:
Upper Austrian private collection, purchased from Kunsthandel Senger Bamberg in 2006, an expertise by Walter Senger is available.

Literature:
Theodor Müller, Die Bildwerke in Holz, Ton und Stein, München 1959, S. 40f., our sculpture is comparable to this Madonna of Ears from south-east Bavaria from around 1490.

Specialist: Christine Masser Christine Masser
+43-1-515 60-331

christine.masser@dorotheum.at

25.04.2024 - 13:00

Realized price: **
EUR 97,500.-
Estimate:
EUR 30,000.- to EUR 40,000.-

A Gothic Madonna of Ears, South German, c. 1480-1500,


Mary standing with long hair, her hands folded in prayer, her blue painted robe decorated with gilded wheat ears, gilded rays on the neck and sleeve hem, carved limewood, hollowed out on the back, polychrome painted and gilded, height 90 cm, age-related damage, (MC)

Provenance:
Upper Austrian private collection, purchased from Kunsthandel Senger Bamberg in 2006, an expertise by Walter Senger is available.

Literature:
Theodor Müller, Die Bildwerke in Holz, Ton und Stein, München 1959, S. 40f., our sculpture is comparable to this Madonna of Ears from south-east Bavaria from around 1490.

Specialist: Christine Masser Christine Masser
+43-1-515 60-331

christine.masser@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Furniture, Works of Art, Glass & Porcelain
Auction type: Saleroom auction with Live Bidding
Date: 25.04.2024 - 13:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 13.04. -25.04.2024


** Purchase price incl. buyer's premium and VAT

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