Lot 29
  • 29

Allemagne du Sud, Nuremberg, vers 1500 et postérieur

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Deux bougeoirs figurant un lansquenet et une allégorie féminine
  • Haut. 39 cm et 33,5 cm; height 15 3/8 in. by 13 3/16 in.
bronze à patine brun foncé

Literature

Falke & Meyer, Romanische Leuchter und Giessgefässe, Berlin, 1935.

Condition

Good condition overall with minor wear to the patina and surface dirt in the crevices consistent with age and handling. The landsknecht: the candleholder probably a later replacement; his sword missing The female figure in 15th century style: candleholder missing; a hole in her head
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Catalogue Note

Ce lansquenet est à rapprocher d'un modèle en bronze conservé au Germanisches Nationalmuseum de Nuremberg (inv. n° HG 4755). 
La figure féminine, probablement postérieure, est quant à elle proche d'une statuette en bronze de la collection Linsky conservée au Metropolitan Museum of Arts de New-York (inv. n° 1982.60.120).