Circle of Hans Klocker (before 1474-after 1500) Austrian, Tyrol, circa 1480

Saint Catherine with a label on the reverse inscribed in ink: 117 and the Knight with a label on the side inscribed in ink: 277 and an old label on the reverse inscribed in ink: 13479 / 7015 / a ble

General surface abrasions, small losses, and chipping of paint with some stable age cracks throughout. Minor restorations and areas of refreshed polychromy. Several fingers on both sculptures reattached and restored. Catherine's sword and much of the knight's sword are later. Small losses throughout include tips of crown, some curls in hair. Crack through Catherine's neck with old linen repair. Knight: some linen repair to cracks on reverse (all stable). Small losses include lower right edge of grass, end of his belt, and tip of nose. Remainders of beautifully painted brocade design on his tunic. Very good carvings.
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Hans Klocker seems to have been active at the court of the bishop of Brixen in South Tyrol around 1477. His distinctive style of carving included figures clad in drapery  with sharp, angular folds and long diagonal swathes. Compare the figures on the Marienaltar in the Franziskanekirche in Bozen, one of his last commissions, made in 1500.

RELATED LITERATURE
T. Müller, Gotische Skulptur in Tirol, Bozen and Vienna, 1976