A RHINELAND LIMESTONE GROUP OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD

Description:

1450 circa
H. 122 cm
Shown crowned and holding a lily in her right hand, the child in her left naked except for scant drapery, the hem of her robe well carved with stylised motifs, with traces of original colour. Some restorations but with original fragments. Chips to the extremities.
Important Private Collection, Rhineland, with Sotheby's London, 3.4.1984, Lot 111; Auction Math. Lempertz'sche Kunstversteigerung: Werke alter Kunst aus verschiedenem Besitz: Plastiken, Textilien, alte Gemälde, Möbel, Keramik, Metallarbeiten; Köln, No. 401.1939 [21. bis 22. April und 24. April 1939], Lot 492. - A first provenance check by ArtLoss prior to 16 October 2025 has so far revealed no indications of any third-party claims.