Bust of Virgin in carved and polychromed... - Lot 3 - Giquello

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Bust of Virgin in carved and polychromed... - Lot 3 - Giquello
Bust of Virgin in carved and polychromed oak, fragment. The head is crowned with a short veil revealing the wavy hair. Full-figured face with a kind expression, eyes stretched out, with the ends raised towards the temples and the lower eyelids swollen, small straight nose, smiling mouth and dimpled chin; she is dressed in a dress with a simple neckline and an open mantle. Cologne, late 13th century Height : 31,5 cm This beautiful sculpture would have been the upper part of a Virgin and Child. It can be compared to a seated Virgin in carved oak in the Schnütgen Museum collection, given as Cologne, around 1280 (fig.) Book consulted: A. Legner, Schnütgen Museum Cologne, Zurich, 1982, cat.35, p 43.
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