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A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME LIMEWOOD FIGURES OF SS. MARGARET AND BARBARA
Lot 22 PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 11 TO 27)

A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME LIMEWOOD FIGURES OF SS. MARGARET AND BARBARA

SOUTH GERMAN, SWABIAN, CIRCA 1510-1520

Closed8 December 2015

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A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME LIMEWOOD FIGURES OF SS. MARGARET AND BARBARA
SOUTH GERMAN, SWABIAN, CIRCA 1510-1520
With stamp to underside of each, the reverse of each hollowed out
29 7/8 and 29 ¾ in. (76 and 75.5 cm.) high

Dr. Karl Krüger (1855-1939), Hanover.
The above collection donated to the German people in 1939. Located in Innsbruck from 1942 by decree of the German Chancellor, and formally given to the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum in 1958.
Acquired by Joseph Kälin, Einsiedeln, from the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum in April 1961.
Acquired from Wolfgang A Siedler, Vienna, 1980, by the father of the present owners, and by descent.

Specialist note

The y-shaped motif of the folds of drapery occasionally interrupted by pouch-like crinkle folds are in the Swabian style of Hans Thoman (previously known as the Ottobeuren Master), and also of Hans Leinberger, working across the Swabian-Bavarian border, but in a less exaggerated form. The very long foreheads and pinched and pronounced chins can also be seen in local work of the period, such as Leinberger's Virgin and Child of 1515 (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich).