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Madonna
Located in Wien, Wien
MUSEUM SCULPTURE
Master workshop
Hans Klocker
before 1474, possibly in Gais -
After 1500
"CRESCENT MOON"
Around 1480/90
Stone pine wood carved
Original version
Height 77 cm
This ext...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Standing Engel
Located in Wien, Wien
Standing angel with banner
Flemish
Around 1450/60
Sandstone
60 x 21 x 15 cm
This museum figurine shows a standing angel with a banner in his right hand and a small box in his left. The youthful, ageless figure wears a coat held together with a triangular, floral brooch in front of the chest over a long robe. The angel’s gaze is directed forward, his head tilted slightly to the left. The elongated face is sculpted: the large almond-shaped eyes with accentuated upper and lower eyelids are alertly open and sharp eyebrows lead directly into the root of the nose. The straight nose above the pronounced mouth completes the idealized oval face of the angel and his calm, internalized facial expression. What is particularly remarkable, however, is the magnificent curls, which are only partially tamed by a simple headband. As if puffed up by the wind, the hair, which is sometimes streaked in parallel, sometimes wildly twisted and richly curled, stands out dynamically from the ears. The tilted head with these sideways protruding waves of hair thus conveys an immediate impression of movement. The physicality of the sculpture is expressed particularly through this organic, lifelike movement of the loosened hair.
The lively overall impression of the figure is further enhanced by the multiple rolled banners that the angel presents to the viewer. The outstretched palm of the right hand appears both intimate and confidential as well as mystically revealing. This banderole winds in gentle curves in front of the figure’s body, throws a fold over the second attribute in the angel’s left hand and falls downwards in a loose manner. The volute-shaped rolled up end of the banner clearly shows the fine texture of the banner and at the same time draws the viewer’s attention to the small cube-shaped box that the angel is holding in its slender, long-limbed fingers. The cube is decorated with a Gothic quatrefoil motif, which is often seen in the architectural tracery of windows, but was also often used to decorate caskets and other small treasures. The sweeping gestures in the presentation of the attributes suggest three-dimensionality, in contrast to the tubular folds at the base of the neck and the intricate draperies in flat and multiple overlapping garment sections. The soft curves of the folds give the impression that the clothing is made of a heavy fabric that falls diagonally down the front and is laid in several bowl folds under the right hand.
Overall, the sculptural work testifies to the highest artistic skill, which emphasizes the virtuosity of sculpture in its precious and representative overall impression. The memorable characteristics recognizable here can be seen in comparable pictorial works from Utrecht around the middle of the 15th century, when sculptural art – especially stone sculpture – was characterized by a remarkably high quality. Particularly noteworthy is the accentuated Utrecht head type with an elongated oval face, almond-shaped eyes with heavy lids and dense, vividly protruding tufts of hair framing the head. For example, the figure is comparable to a capital of an angel on the east side of the rood screen of the Joriskerk in Amersfoort (province of Utrecht) from the second quarter of the 15th century. Not only the physiognomy and hair, which in the comparative example stand somewhat more horizontally to one side, but also the garment puff above the girdle are similar. Even more related motifs, such as the cleverly placed bowl folds, can be found on the limestone figure...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Hl. Hieronymus
Located in Wien, Wien
St. Jerome
347 Stridon, Croatia - 420 Bethlehem
Around 1500/20
Limestone
Remains of the original polychromy
Height 45 cm
The man with the holy name!
347 Stridon, Croation – 420 Be...
Category
16th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Nok Culture
Located in Wien, Wien
Nok culture
Sitting
500 B.C. - 200 A.D.
Terracotta
Height 60 cm
TL expert opinion of the University of Vienna
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Erlach
Provenance:
Private collection Nice
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
CORPUS CHRISTI
Located in Wien, Wien
Corpus Christi
South German/Tyrol
Around 1500
Softwood/lime wood(?) carved
Remains of original polychromy
Height 32 cm
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sedes Sapientiae
Located in Wien, Wien
Sedes Sapientiae
Pustertal um 1220/30
Weichholz/Lindenholz(?)geschnitzt
Reste von originaler Polychromie
Höhe 57 cm
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
JOSEPH WITH THE CHILD
Located in Wien, Wien
Upper Italy
2nd half 12th century
Maple
Original version
Height 67 cm
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Apostel group
Located in Wien, Wien
APOSTLE GROUP
ORIGINAL VERSION
Flemish/Brabant
Around 1500
Oak wood carved
Height 37.5 cm, width 12 cm,
Depth 12.5 cm
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Madonna
Located in Wien, Wien
MADONNA
Il DE FRANCE/PARIS
Around 1270
Oak wood carved
Height 79cm
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Late Gotic Relief "Adoration of the Magi"
Located in Wien, Wien
LATE GOTIC RELIEF “Adoration of the Magi
Lower Rhine
Around 1500
Oak wood, plastically carved
Original, polychrome version
Height 51 cm, widt...
Category
16th Century Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Oak
Master Angel
Located in Wien, Wien
MASTER ANGEL
Museum sculpture of the master of Mauer
Austrian Danube Region
Around 1500/20
Lime wood, carved full round
Height 55 cm
Provenance:
Hofstätter Collection, Vienna
The masterful sculpture was made in the workshop of the master of the altar of Mauer around 1500 in Lower Austria. It can be located in the context of the Danube school of the first third of the 16th century, was carved from limewood and is 55 cm tall. Since there are no attributes or context, it is an unknown figure of a carved altar.
The master of the altar of Mauer is an anonymous Gothic carver who was active between 1500 and 1525 and received this so-called emergency name through the altar for the parish and pilgrimage church of Mauer near Melk. This winged altar was probably commissioned by Göttweig Abbey in the 1470s and is made of lime wood. It shows an expression in the transition from late Gothic to early Renaissance and is considered the most important carved altar in Lower Austria, created between 1510-15.
The figure presented here is very related in its design to the figures of the altar of Mauer. In lively-moving form, the male figure turns his upper body to the right, with his head pointing upward, probably toward the sky. The right leg in lunge emerges from under the frock...
Category
16th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair Flying Angels
Located in Wien, Wien
MUSEUM PAIR FLYING ANGELS
Brabant/Brussels
Around 1500
Oak wood, full round carved
Height 40/38 cm
These two figures are a pair of flying angels mad...
Category
16th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Oak
Corpus Christi
Located in Wien, Wien
MUSEUM CORPUS CHRISTI
Spain/Catalonia or Asturias
Around 1250
Corpus hardwood, arms softwood
Remains of the original polychrome setting
Height 109.5...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Madonna around 1300
Located in Wien, Wien
EXTREMELY RARE MADONNA
Lake Constance area
Around 1300
Carved votive wood
Original, polychrome version
Height 59 cm
Provenance:
Swiss private collection
This Madonna figure ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Corpus Christi "ascribed Veit Stoß"
Located in Wien, Wien
MUSEUM CORPUS CHRISTI
Nuremberg or Poland/Krakow
Around 1490/1500
Workshop of Veit Stoß (1447-1533) ascribed
Boxwood carved
Height 31 cm
This Corpus C...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ancient Deity
Located in Wien, Wien
ANCIENT DEITY
Seated representation of God
Southern Arabia
Pre sabean
2nd - 1st millennium BC.
Oolite limestone
Height 24,5 cm
Comparable works in the
British Museum/London ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Sitting Madonna
Located in Wien, Wien
Sitting Madonna
Central Italy/Tuscany or Marche
Around 1420
Poplar wood carved
Original version
Height 31 cm
Charming Madonna sculpture from the heyday of the Soft or International...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Corpus Christi 1150/70
Located in Wien, Wien
Corpus Christi
around 1150/70
Southern France or Catalonia
carved oak wood
height 109 cm, width 96 cm
Remains of polychromy
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Romanesque Madonna - 1175/80
Located in Wien, Wien
ROMAN MADONNA
“Sedes Sapientiae”
Auvergne
Around 1175/80
Pine wood
Polychrome remains
Height 44 cm
This depiction of the Madonna is a masterfully carved, extremely early figure made...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sainte Catherine
Located in Wien, Wien
St. Catherine
Cologne
Around 1370/80
Carved lime wood
Original version
Height 49,5 cm
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Europa & Zeus
By Bruno Zach
Located in Wien, Wien
Europe & Zeus (divine love)
Europa the daughter of the Phoenician king of Tyre, Agenor and Zeus in love in the shape of the bull.
Bronze, on onyx pedestal
Signed: Bruno Zach
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Virgin and Child
Located in Wien, Wien
OUTSTANDING MADONNA
Bavaria
Around 1515/20
Lime wood carved
Original, polychrome version
Height 60 cm
This masterfully carved, full-round Madonna was created around 1515-20 in...
Category
16th Century Medieval Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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