A SOUTH GERMAN BOXWOOD HIGH-RELIEF OF THE PENITENT MAGDALEN
A SOUTH GERMAN BOXWOOD HIGH-RELIEF OF THE PENITENT MAGDALEN

IN THE MANNER OF THE SCHENCK FAMILY, CIRCA 1700

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A SOUTH GERMAN BOXWOOD HIGH-RELIEF OF THE PENITENT MAGDALEN
IN THE MANNER OF THE SCHENCK FAMILY, CIRCA 1700
Depicted half length in a grotto , incised monogram 'I.K.' to the reverse
5 5/8 x 4 ½ in. (14.2 x 11 cm.)

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Lot Essay

For a similar but larger relief see Sotheby's London, European Works of Art, 8 December 1988, lot 287.
For comparative sculpture by Christophe Daniel and J.C. Schenck, see Philippovich, Elfenbein, pls. 142 and 146a, and 'Meisterwerke des 17. bis 19.Jahrhunderts in den Sammlungen des Stifts Einsiedeln' in Aachener Kunstblatter, vol. 39, 1969. pp. 190-209.

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