Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures

Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures

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South German School, last quarter of the 15th century

Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child

Lot Closed

December 8, 02:13 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

South German School, last quarter of the 15th century

Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child


oil on panel, marouflaged

unframed: 70.8 x 37 cm.; 27⅞ x 14⅝ in.

framed: 77.5 x 43.4 cm.; 30½ x 17 in.

Oskar Reinhart (1885–1965), Winterthur;
Thence by descent to the present owner.
This panel once formed part of an altarpiece, possibly a triptych, from the collection Oskar Reinhart, a Swiss arts patron and avid art collector. Another panel from the same altarpiece depicting St James giving a crown to a pilgrim was sold at Sotheby’s Olympia on 7 December 2004, lot 431.