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Spätgotisches Schnitzrelief „Geburt Christi“

Height: 90.5 cm. Length: 105.5 cm. Depth: 7 cm. Upper Rhine/Alsace, around 1520/30. Carved in high relief, the figures - Mary and Joseph - without background, on a short grass base in a kneeling posture. The figure of Mary is prominent and has a much larger nimbus. She holds both arms crossed in front of her chest, her gaze lowered, with the naked child at her feet slightly to the right, holding out a hand to the small donkey depicted here. This is to be understood less as a reference to the stable in Bethlehem and more as a symbol pointing ahead to Jesus' later entry into Jerusalem as the Messiah. The depiction of Joseph is deliberately shown smaller, in a traveling cloak, his gaze equally inclined. His right index finger points to Mary as the main figure of the event and of the veneration due to her. The carving is of high quality, possibly formerly belonging to a carved altar whose other relief depictions formed a compositional whole. Unframed, beautiful brown wood color. (1401713)

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Spätgotisches Schnitzrelief „Geburt Christi“

Estimate 5 000 - 8 000 EUR

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munich, Germany
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