EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Details

A SWABIAN POLYCHROME AND GILTWOOD FIGURAL GROUP OF ANNA SELBDRITT*
Early 16th Century
The seated figure of St. Mary with the nude Child on one knee and Mary on the other, the reverse not carved, originally a standing figure and now cut at the knees, decoration largely refreshed
33½in. (85cm.) high overall

Provenance

Gift of Wright S. Ludington.

Special notice

This lot has no reserve.

Lot Essay

Christian tradition maintainsthat as St. Anne lay on her deathbed, the infant Christ child appeared to bless her. The compositional motif of the three generations, Christ, his mother and her mother, flourished until it was condemned by the Council of Trent in 1545-63.

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