Noble & Private Collections
Noble & Private Collections
Property from an Old German Private Collection
German, Cologne, circa 1330-1350
The Virgin and Child enthroned
Lot Closed
December 5, 04:02 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
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Description
German, Cologne, circa 1330-1350
The Virgin and Child enthroned
oak
66cm., 26in.
with an old inventory index card inscribed with an expertise by the art historian Dr. Horst Appuhn
Acquired by the great-grandfather of the present owner before 1935 (see photograph showing the piece at the collector’s house in 1936);
Thence by descent.
RELATED LITERATURE
U. Bergmann, Die Holzskulpturen des Mittelalters (1000-1400), cat. Schnütgen-Museum, Cologne, 1989, p. 37, fig. 31 and nos. 59, 62, 89