NORTH GERMAN, FIRST HALF 14TH CENTURY

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A POLCHROME CARVED WOOD GROUP OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD
NORTH GERMAN, FIRST HALF 14TH CENTURY
The Virgin depicting facing frontally with the Christ Child in her left arm; on an integrally carved plinth base; traces of polychromy; worming and losses
58.7 cm. high

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Lot Essay

The facial type, treatment of the hair and veil on the present group are comparable to the carved stone group of Anna Selbdritt in the St. Nikolai church in Stralsund. This monumental early Gothic carving is first recorded in the church in 1307.
Cf. A. Utpatel-Hartwig & I. Schrama, Heilige Frauen in den Kirchen Mecklenbug-Vorpommerns, Stralsund/Amsterdam 2004, pp. 70-71.

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