Live Auction 2374500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe Including Oriental Carpets and Including Sculpture from the Collection of Michael Hall
A CARVED POLYCHROME AND GILT-DECORATED GROUP OF THREE SAINTS
Lot 154 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOT 154)

A CARVED POLYCHROME AND GILT-DECORATED GROUP OF THREE SAINTS

ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTIAN GREINER THE ELDER AND YOUNGER (ACTIVE CIRCA 1694-1768), SOUTH TYROL, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Closed11 June 2010

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A CARVED POLYCHROME AND GILT-DECORATED GROUP OF THREE SAINTS
ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTIAN GREINER THE ELDER AND YOUNGER (ACTIVE CIRCA 1694-1768), SOUTH TYROL, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Comprising St. Aegidius with a deer, St. Leonard with a chained prisoner and St. Valentine with a penitent figure on his back, all on scrolled bases, inscribed 'CG' and '1732' on the backs of St. Aegidius and St. Leonard respectively
27 in. (68.5 cm.) and 23 in. (58.5 cm.) high, 10 in. (25.5 cm.) to 11½ in. (29 cm.) wide (3)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1997, lot 152.
With Patricia Wengraf, London, 2005.

Specialist note

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. Weingartner, Die Kunstdenkmäler Südtirols, Innsbruck, 1973.

Christian Greiner the Younger and Elder both worked in the South Tyrolean regions of Vientschgau and Brixon. And, although the figure of St. Valentine is not signed or dated, it appears likely it is by the same hands or workshop as the other figures.