Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Auction Closed
July 2, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF MICHAEL PACHER (CIRCA 1435-1498)
AUSTRIAN, TYROL, LATE 15TH CENTURY
RELIEF OF A MALE SAINT, POSSIBLY SAINT JOHN
gilt and polychromed wood, on a later wood base
figure: 78cm., 30⅝in.
base: 4.8cm., 1⅞in.
With Reinhold Hofstätter, Vienna
The fleshy facial features, hairstyle and crinkled folds of drapery compare closely to figures from Michael Pacher's Altarpiece at St Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, see T. Müller, Gotik in Tirol, Bozen, 1976, figs. 122-124 and pl. XXVII.