拍品 191
191
SCULPTURE
A SOUTH GERMAN CARVED WOOD GROUP OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD,, the Virgin standing, her right hand raised in blessing, her left hand supporting the Child, on an integrally carved base (worming; some damage to the Virgin's crown; the fingers of the Virgin's right hand replaced; one toe from Christ's right foot, and three from His left foot missing), early 16th century

細節
A SOUTH GERMAN CARVED WOOD GROUP OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD,, the Virgin standing, her right hand raised in blessing, her left hand supporting the Child, on an integrally carved base (worming; some damage to the Virgin's crown; the fingers of the Virgin's right hand replaced; one toe from Christ's right foot, and three from His left foot missing), early 16th century
32¼in. (81.9cm) high
出版
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

M. Baxandall, The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany, New Haven and London, 1980, pp. 191-202, plates 39, 43-45

拍品專文

The mannered pose of the Christ child, the facial types, and the linear emphasis of the drapery in the present group, all represent a familiarity with the work of the great limewood sculptor Veit Stoss (d.1533). Stoss, who had an extensive and successful career in Cracow before returning to his native Nuremberg in 1496, was noted for his virtuoso carving of wood. In particular, one may compare the present Virgin and Child with a similar group in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg (Baxandall, op.cit., plate 39).