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Lot 632
A FINE TERRACOTTA PIETA GROUP
Estimated Value:
3.000 € - 5.000 €
Schätzpreis:
3.000 €
Description:
Italy, 16th/17th centuryB. 23/H. 16 cm
Terracotta, worked in full-round with dark polychromy (worn). The Mother of God with shawl sits on a low pedestal, her right hand resting on her breast, above her lap lies the upper body of the dead Christ, his left hand falling to the ground. At the side a book. Rich, detailed workmanship. Slight restorations and traces of age.
Old private Collection, Cologne.
