CIRCLE OF VEIT STOSS, GERMAN, FIRST QUARTER 16TH CENTURY

細節

A PAIR OF CARVED LIMEWOOD STATUES OF ANGELS
CIRCLE OF VEIT STOSS, GERMAN, FIRST QUARTER 16TH CENTURY
Dressed as acolytes, each holding a torch and formerly with wings to backs
34 in. (86.3 cm.) high, 10 in. (25.4 cm.) wide, 10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) deep (the first)
36 ¼ in. (92 cm.) high, 11 ¾ in. (30 cm.) wide; 9 in. (22.9 cm.) deep (the second)

來源

Benoit Oppenheim, Berlin (1842-1931) by 1911 and sold [probably] through the Galerie Goldschmidt-Wallerstein, Berlin, 17-19 March, 1924
Fritz Gutmann, Heemstede (Haarlem) (1886-1944) by 1928
Loaned by Fritz Gutmann to the World’s Fair, New York, 30 April, 1939
In care of Frederic Stern, New York, 1939, and sold by Frederic Stern (as by Veit Stoss) to the Saint Louis Art Museum, 1948
By arrangement with St. Louis Museum 2017, returned to heirs of Fritz Gutmann

出版

Originalbildwerke in Holz, Stein, Elfenbein usw. aus der Sammlung Benoit Oppenheim, Berlin, Leipzig, 1911, catalogue nos. 120, 121.

展覽

New York, World’s Fair, 30 April, 1939, catalogue no. 429.
Saint Louis, Saint Louis Art Museum, Art at the Altar, May 31, 1994 - February 1, 1995
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Religious Art from Byzantium to Chagall, December 13, 1964 - January 10, 1965
Indianapolis, John Herron Museum of Art, Masterworks of Sculpture, February 2 - March 18, 1956

拍品專文

Please note, Lucas Cranach I’s Portrait of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503-1554), half-length, returned to the Gutmann heirs pursuant to a settlement agreement between the parties is offered in the Old Masters Part I sale, lot 7.