A pair of South German or North Italian boxwood figures of the Virgin and Saint John, early 17th century

from a Crucifixion group.

M. H. Schwartz (ed.), European Sculpture from the Abbott Guggenheim Collection, New York, 2008, no. 110, pp. 202-203

There is some minor wear and dirt to the surface consistent with age. There is some minor stable splitting to both figures consistent with material and there are two knots to the reverse of the Virgin. The Virgin has a restoration to the drapery on the proper right elbow. There are a few minor losses to the edges of the drapery of both figures, including to the left of the proper right knee and the proper left elbow of the Virgin and on the proper right side of the reverse of St John and his book. There is a small nick to the proper left side of the reverse of St John.
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