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No. 2606 | Best Of EPPLI AUCTIONHAll

Eppli Auktionshalle, Heilbronner Straße 9-13, DE-70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen  

Saturday, March 27, 2021

Completed | Physical auction

Catalog number: 833 / Lot number: 908817

Reliquienbüste des Heiligen Paulus aus Holz. SÜDFRANKREICH, um 1500-1520

Starting price 3.000 EUR

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Result:
2.500 EUR

halbfigurige Darstellung des Heiligen Paulus, Nussbaumholz, vollrund geschnitzt, gehöhlt und farbig gefasst. das jugendliche Haupt ist mit gelocktem Bart und Haar schön ausgearbeitet. In seiner linken Hand hält die Figur das aufgeschlagene Evangeliumbuch. Die rechte Hand ruhte wohl ursprünglich auf einem Schwertknauf (ein neu gearbeitetes Schwert ist lose anbei). Das Gewand ist mit Falten im gotischen Stil beschnitzt. Auf der Brust befindet sich eine ovale Vertiefung, die mit einem polierten Bergkristall die Reliquie einschliesst. Originaler, polygonaler Sockel mit umlaufendem Doppelprofil. Diverse Risse und Absplitterungen. Reste von originaler Farbfassung. H. 31 cm, Breite des Sockels 20 cm. Restauriert. Zusatzinformation: aus einer süddeutschen Privatsammlung. Provenienz: Galerie Viktor Puch, München, Expertise anbei.

| Relic bust of Saint Paul made of wood. SOUTH OF FRANCE, around 1500-1520, half-figure representation of Saint Paul, walnut wood, carved in the full circle, hollowed and painted in color. the youthful head is beautifully worked out with a curly beard and hair. In his left hand the figure holds the open gospel book. The right hand probably originally rested on a sword pommel (a newly worked sword is loosely attached). The robe is carved with folds in the Gothic style. On the chest there is an oval recess that encloses the relic with a polished rock crystal. Original, polygonal base with a circumferential double profile. Various cracks and chips. Remnants of the original paint. H. 31 cm, width of the base 20 cm. Restored. Additional information: from a private collection in southern Germany. Provenance: Galerie Viktor Puch, Munich, expertise attached.

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