ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTIAN GREINER THE ELDER AND YOUNGER (ACTIVE CIRCA 1694-1768), SOUTH TYROL, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A CARVED POLYCHROME AND GILT-DECORATED GROUP OF THREE SAINTS
ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTIAN GREINER THE ELDER AND YOUNGER (ACTIVE CIRCA 1694-1768), SOUTH TYROL, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Comprising St. Aegidius with a deer, St. Leonard with a chained prisoner and St. Valentine with a penitent figure on his back, all on scrolled bases, inscribed 'CG' and '1732' on the backs of St. Aegidius and St. Leonard respectively
27 in. (68.5 cm.) and 23 in. (58.5 cm.) high, 10 in. (25.5 cm.) to 11½ in. (29 cm.) wide (3)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1997, lot 152.
With Patricia Wengraf, London, 2005.

Exhibited

Bowes Museum, County Durham, 1977-1986.
San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986-1995.

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. Weingartner, Die Kunstdenkmäler Südtirols, Innsbruck, 1973.

Christian Greiner the Younger and Elder both worked in the South Tyrolean regions of Vientschgau and Brixon. And, although the figure of St. Valentine is not signed or dated, it appears likely it is by the same hands or workshop as the other figures.

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