[HUMBER 564] DANUBE SCHOOL EARLY 16TH CENTURY 564 CARVED WOOD TRIPTYCH WITH THE VIRGIN AND STATUES OF SAINTS In the centre on a dais the Holy Virgin in gilded robes with crown, supporting the Christ-child who clings to her neck. To the right and left on the same wing, saints with their emblems, in gilded robes and with mantles. The flanking wings each with four elaborately garbed saints under arches carved with ajouré foliations. The arches are supported by slender Gothic columnar supports. The decoration in polychromy, with copious use of gold. Height, 64 inches; width when opened, 86 inches From the Spitzer legacies. Inventory No. 4667. ESSE ILLUSTRATION] 278
Recent Comments