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Lamentation of Christ
Lost Art-ID
569247
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Schwäbische Werkstatt)
Title
Lamentation of Christ
Dating
1480 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Alabaster / painted polychrome
Height
16.00 cm
Width
15.00 cm
Description
Figurine group of the Lamentation of Christ with the three Marys of alabaster with remnants of the original polychromy. On the ground lies the dead Christ with the head in the lap of a kneeling Maria, who has folded her hands for prayer. From the right, another kneeling Maria in blue garments touches his arm. Behind this are John, in a green, girdled garment, and a opened book in his left hand, and Mary in a red robe with raised hands.
Provenance
before 1921: unknown; 1921: part of the collection Julius Drey, Munich, here led as "mourning. Southern Germany, late 15th century "(Swarzenski 1921); between 1921 and 1933: unknown; 5./6.12.1933: on auction at Hugo Helbing F.a.M. offered as lot no. 296 "Alabaster group Lamentation of Christ. Southern Germany, late 15th century "(with fig. 12) from the" estate of a South German collector ", sold for 310 RM; between 6.12.1933 and 1954: unknown; no later than 1954: private ownership (?) Dr. Benno Griebert, offered by the "Galerie Griebert" in Konstanz, according to the Inventarbuch, there as No. "21"; 22.10.1954: Purchase for the Municipal Lake Constance Museum
Literature / Source
Georg Swarzenski: Deutsche Alabasterplastik des 15. Jahrhunderts. In: Städel-Jahrbuch 1921, S. 167-213, hier S. 196 mit Abb. Und S. 203 mit Objektangaben; Internationale Sammler-Zeitung 25 (1933), S. 207
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