Lot 28
28
A TIROLEAN POLCHROME AND GILT PINEWOOD RELIEF, attributed to Hans Schnatterpeck, the five bearded apostles with idiosyncratic features, some holding an attribute, grouped closely together, the drapery of a kneeling figure on a tasselled cushion visible on the left side, (the reverse wormed; minor losses), early 16th Century

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A TIROLEAN POLCHROME AND GILT PINEWOOD RELIEF, attributed to Hans Schnatterpeck, the five bearded apostles with idiosyncratic features, some holding an attribute, grouped closely together, the drapery of a kneeling figure on a tasselled cushion visible on the left side, (the reverse wormed; minor losses), early 16th Century
60 5/8 x 28¾in. (154 x 73cm.)
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
T. Müller, Gotische Skulptur in Tirol, Bolzano, 1976, figs. 262-68, p. 450

Lot Essay

The highly personal, characterised facial types in this relief are very close to the work of Hans Schnatterpeck of Meran (Müller, op.cit.). The very deeply cut swirls of drapery are similar to the angel in the Cleveland Museum of Fine Arts (fig. 268, op.cit.).

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