Lot 387
  • 387

An Austrian painted wood figure of a male Saint, attributed to Hans Klocker (active 1478-1500), late 15th century, Tyrol

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 USD
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Description

  • painted wood
on later gilt and painted wood base.

Provenance

Weininger Collection, sold Christie's New York, May 21, 1980, lot 175

Literature

M. H. Schwartz (ed.), European Sculpture from the Abbott Guggenheim Collection, New York, 2008, no. 106, p. 194

Catalogue Note

The Austrian sculptor Hans Klocker, who worked primarliy at Brixen (now Bressanone, Italy), directed a large workshop which produced elaborate altarpieces for major churches in the region including San Leonardo in Passíria and the church of the Assumption in Cáldaro.  A number of smaller works and dispersed components from his workshop have been identified, including a fine pair of figures of the Virgin and Saint Joseph in the Kunshsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.  A very similar painted wood figure of Saint Leonard is in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (62.23).