FRENCH, CIRCA 1520

Details

A STONE GROUP OF THE VIRGIN LACTANS
FRENCH, CIRCA 1520
on an integrally carved base; traces of gilding and polychromy
18 ½ in. (47 cm.) high

Provenance

Collection Gustav Schütz, Vienna.
Weinmüller, Munich, Almeida Palace, 3-12 Nov. 1966.
Acquired in Feb. 1967 by the grandfather of the present owner, and thence by descent.

Literature

F. Kieslinger, Katalog der Sammlung Schütz, Mittelalterliche Skulpturen einer Veiner Sammlung, 1937, no. LXVIII, ill. 66.

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Lot Essay

The present Virgin Lactans is comparable to the work of Jean Soulas on the monumental choir screen at Chatres Cathedral, in his depictions of the Nativity and the Adoration of the Magi, carved in the 1520s.

Gustav Schutz (1865-1939) was a successful sculptor and a major patron of the arts. Schutz formed an important collection of Gothic sculpture, which was published by Frans Kieslinger in 1937. He bequeathed parts of his collection to the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Academy of Fine Arts and the Folklore Museum, all in Vienna, in 1932.

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