EARLY 16TH CENTURY

細節

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

來源

Gift of Wright S. Ludington.

注意事項

This lot has no reserve.

拍品專文

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.