Sale 16CN01 | Lot 6

Manner of the Master of the Bamberg Saint Claire Altar (Meister des Bamberger Klarenaltars)

Catalogue: English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts/Old Master Paintings
Manner of the Master of the Bamberg Saint Claire Altar (Meister des Bamberger Klarenaltars)

Lot Details

Lot 6
Manner of the Master of the Bamberg Saint Claire Altar (Meister des Bamberger Klarenaltars)
The Virgin as Mother of Mercy with Two Angels, and the Elector Frederick of Saxony as a Donor
Inscribed on a banderole Fridericus duc Saroniae Elector (lc)
Oil on panel
67 1/2 x 39 7/8 inches (171.5 x 101.3 cm)
This painting replicates, with slight variations, a panel by the Master of the Saint Claire Altar formerly in the Castle of Grafenegg bei Krems, Lower Austria (Martin Weinberger, Nuernberger Malerei an der Wende Zur Renaissance und die Anfaeng der Duererschule (Strasbourg, 1921), no. 195).


Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
Sold for $30,000 (includes buyer's premium)

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Additional Notes & Condition Report

Remnants of Gothic arches from another painting on the reverse. Panel is cradled. Multiple vertical cracks in the panel with losses along the cracks. Lower right and left corners are missing. Heavily restored, including the faces of the Virgin, the angels and the Elector; and the figures taking shelter below the Virgin's cloak. Scattered areas of abrasion and restoration throughout.


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Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
Sold for $30,000 (includes buyer's premium)

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English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts/Old Master Paintings

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