FROM THE STADTKIRCHE WIL, ST GALLEN, CIRCA 1704

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A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME WOOD FLYING ANGELS
FROM THE STADTKIRCHE WIL, ST GALLEN, CIRCA 1704
with numbered inscriptions to the reverse
25 and 24 ½ in. (63.4 and 62 cm.) high

Provenance

Carved for the altarpiece of the Coronation of the Virgin, Church of Saint Nicholas, Wil, circa 1704.
Art market, Zurich, 1960s.

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Jahresbericht Schweizerisches Landesmuseum Zürich, vol. 61, 1952, p. 30.

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Lot Essay

The present pair of flying angels originally formed part of a large altarpiece of the Coronation of the Virgin in the Church of Saint Nicholas at Wil, St Gallen, in the north-east of Switzerland. A pair of seated angels and a single kneeling angel, evidently from the same hand as the present pair and from the same altarpiece were acquired by the Landesmuseum, Zurich, in 1952 (inv. nos. LM24206/24207 and LM24173). Saint Nicholas was originally a medieval church which underwent a profound renovation to the vaulting and interior in the Baroque style in 1704, following which the Schultheiss of Wil, Franz Müller, donated a new high altar to the church, which originally held the present and Landesmuseum angels.

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