A GOOD UPPER DANUBIAN POLYCHROME CRUCIFIED CHRIST

Description:

South German/Austria, early 18th century
H. 115 cm
The emaciated body of the dead Christ hanging sunk down with knees bent to his left. The head with closed eyes and slightly parted lips resting on his right shoulder, the loose drapes of his perizonium tied with rope; the features of the body are executed with particular care for anatomical detail. Several slight damages, the polychromy later, the cross later.
Important private collection, Rhineland, acquired at Sotheby's London, 10 November 1981, lot 194
Stylistically similar to the Body of Christ from the Hallstatt crucifixion group, Hallstatt, Calvary Chapel and a body of Christ at Oberthalheim near Vöcklabruck, Lit. Heinrich Decker, Barockplastik in den Alpenländern, fig. 153/172. Note by Dr. Albrecht Miller, Ottobrunn.