Sachsen um 1270/1280

Saxony around 1270/1280 Standing apostle Wood, carved in the round, only cursorily worked through on the back. Remains of an older colored version. Depiction of an apostle with a book and disc-shaped nimbus, designed for an austere front view. Presumably from a series of apostles from a multi-figure carved altarpiece. Right hand and parts of the nimbus lost. Losses due to worm damage on the reverse. Bumps. Mounted on a wooden base. Height 29.5 cm (without base). Provenance Collection Dr. Hubert Wilm, Munich. - Their sale at the 435th Lempertz auction, Cologne 3.12.1952, lot 30 - By succession to the present owner. Exhibitions Nuremberg 1924 (on loan to the Germanisches Nationalmuseum). Literature Julius Baum: Die Skulpturensammlung Hubert Wilm, in: Cicerone, 1927, p. 751ff., fig. 4 - Julius Baum, Adolf Feulner: Sammlung Hubert Wilm (Ausstellung im Kunstverein München), 1931, no. 7.