Lot 53
53
Westphalian School, circa 1490
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Westphalian School, circa 1490

The Descent from the Cross

Details
Westphalian School, circa 1490
The Descent from the Cross
with date '1515'
oil on panel
53 3/8 x 52 7/8 in. (135.6 x 134.3 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 May 1993, lot 305.
Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Mr. Ludwig Meyer for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. He has noted that it is stylistically close to the Meister des Sassenberg-Altares (see P. Pieper, Westfälischen Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Munich 1990, pp. 307-19).
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