Description
Southern Germany, first half of the 17th century, entourage of Leonhard Kern (1588-1662) Christ of the Lamentation Ivory statuette Bears an old inscription on the reverse: "X had bought it in Sebastopol" and a label "Donated in July 1948 to the Miss of Monteverdi...". H. 4.5 cm - W 17 cm - D 7.3 cm; gross weight: 381 gr AL-EJ Fragmentary condition; lower legs missing Ivory Elephantidae spp CITES certificate n° FR2407503772-K Related works : -Leonhard Kern, The Lamentation of Christ, ivory relief, size: 29 x 46.5 x 6.4 cm, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Schatzkammer, inv. GS D 197 ; -Leonhard Kern, Crucifix in ivory, circa 1626, H. 34.6 cm, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Schatzkammer, inv. GS E 4 ; -Leonhard Kern, The Lamentation of Christ, c. 1620, ivory relief, dim. 32 x 35 cm, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Schatzkammer, inv. GS D 206 ; -Leonhard Kern, The Lamentation of Christ, circa 1620, ivory relief in ebony frame, size: 25 x 40 cm, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Schatzkammer, inv. GS D 198. Related literature : -C S. Weber, Leonhard Kern und Europa, Die Kaiserliche Schatzkammer Wien im Dialog mit der Sammlung Würth, Swirifdoff, 2021, pp.57-59, notes 43, 44 and 45 pp.166-171. Although fragmentary, this Christ of the Lamentation is of magnificent craftsmanship. The fine rendering of the beard and hair, the anatomical precision of the musculature and the prominent veins on the abdomen are the hallmarks of a first-rate artist. The subject and certain stylistic similarities bring this work closer to the production of the renowned German artist Leonhard Kern. A true witness to the evolution of 17th-century European sculpture, he was at the head of a vast workshop that produced small sculptures in precious materials - ivory, alabaster and boxwood - inspired by the great Italian artists of the Renaissance. The subject of the Lamentation of Christ, sculpted more in bas-relief, was one of his many works, as can be seen in the Kunsthistoriches Museum in Vienna. This figure of Christ reclining after being taken down from the cross was to be accompanied by other figures in a particular setting to create a scene of private devotion turned towards the Sacrifice of Christ.
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Southern Germany, first half of the 17th century, entourage of Leonhard Kern (1588-1662) Christ of the Lamentation Ivory statuette Bears an old inscription on the reverse: "X had bought it in Sebastopol" and a label "Donated in July 1948 to the Miss of Monteverdi...". H. 4.5 cm - W 17 cm - D 7.3 cm; gross weight: 381 gr AL-EJ Fragmentary condition; lower legs missing Ivory Elephantidae spp CITES certificate n° FR2407503772-K Related works : -Leonhard Kern, The Lamentation of Christ, ivory relief, size: 29 x 46.5 x 6.4 cm, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Schatzkammer, inv. GS D 197 ; -Leonhard Kern, Crucifix in ivory, circa 1626, H. 34.6 cm, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Schatzkammer, inv. GS E 4 ; -Leonhard Kern, The Lamentation of Christ, c. 1620, ivory relief, dim. 32 x 35 cm, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Schatzkammer, inv. GS D 206 ; -Leonhard Kern, The Lamentation of Christ, circa 1620, ivory relief in ebony frame, size: 25 x 40 cm, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Schatzkammer, inv. GS D 198. Related literature : -C S. Weber, Leonhard Kern und Europa, Die Kaiserliche Schatzkammer Wien im Dialog mit der Sammlung Würth, Swirifdoff, 2021, pp.57-59, notes 43, 44 and 45 pp.166-171. Although fragmentary, this Christ of the Lamentation is of magnificent craftsmanship. The fine rendering of the beard and hair, the anatomical precision of the musculature and the prominent veins on the abdomen are the hallmarks of a first-rate artist. The subject and certain stylistic similarities bring this work closer to the production of the renowned German artist Leonhard Kern. A true witness to the evolution of 17th-century European sculpture, he was at the head of a vast workshop that produced small sculptures in precious materials - ivory, alabaster and boxwood - inspired by the great Italian artists of the Renaissance. The subject of the Lamentation of Christ, sculpted more in bas-relief, was one of his many works, as can be seen in the Kunsthistoriches Museum in Vienna. This figure of Christ reclining after being taken down from the cross was to be accompanied by other figures in a particular setting to create a scene of private devotion turned towards the Sacrifice of Christ.
