GUELDERS OR SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS, CIRCA 1475

Details

A carved wood group of Anna Selbdritt
Guelders or Southern Netherlands, circa 1475
Traces of polychromy, the Virgin and Child lacking, the feet of the stool on two later oak plinths
103cm. high

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Sale room notice

Please note that this lot was part of the exhibition Virga Jesse in Hasselt 1989, catalogue number 54.

Lot Essay

Although the shape of Anna's hood suggests that the group was made in the Southern Netherlands, the fine features of her face suggets that the group was made in Guelders.

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