Lot Essay
This relief manifests the mixture of classical anatomical proportions and naturalistic elements that characterized South German Renaissance art after Albrecht Dürer.
Property from the Estate of
VICTOR D. SPARK
A RARE WOOD RELIEF OF THE RESURRECTION
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A RARE WOOD RELIEF OF THE RESURRECTION
SOUTH GERMAN, CIRCA 1600
Christ seated on the near edge of a sarcophagus, with his right hand raised in benediction, his left resting on a globe, a cross standing in the crook of his arm, within the background, (left) Jerusalem and (right) Golgotha, and cherubim amidst clouds (frame with applied foliate decoration, the top one replaced), the relief ----- 9 x 7 1/8 (23 x 18cm.), overall ----- 12 x 10¼in. (30.5 x 26cm.)
SOUTH GERMAN, CIRCA 1600
Christ seated on the near edge of a sarcophagus, with his right hand raised in benediction, his left resting on a globe, a cross standing in the crook of his arm, within the background, (left) Jerusalem and (right) Golgotha, and cherubim amidst clouds (frame with applied foliate decoration, the top one replaced), the relief ----- 9 x 7 1/8 (23 x 18cm.), overall ----- 12 x 10¼in. (30.5 x 26cm.)
Literature
Frankfurt am Main, Liebieghaus, Durers Verwandlung in der Skulptur zwischen Renaissance und Barok, (exhibition catalogue), November 1981-January 1982, cat. nos. 79 & 167, pp. 138 & 263