Inv. MA 2048
Saint Andrew holding a saltire cross.
Berliner 1926: Germany, 1st half of the 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2014: Germany, 1st half of the 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round. Label with printed inscription: 'K. VI. 1415'. Label with inscription: '437'.
Comments
This statuette is part of the same ensemble as Inv. MA 2046-2047 and MA 2049, also in Munich. See related objects.
Provenance
Collection of Andreas Ulrich Mayr (b. 1732, d. 1802), councillor and chaplain at the court of the Regensburg prince-bishops (Regensburger Fürstbischöflichen Rat und Hofkaplan): his sale, Regensburg, 1803, lot 43 (Verzeichniss einer auserlesenen Sammlung von Elfenbein-Arbeiten welche weil. S.T. Herr Andreas Udalrich Mayr hinterlassen hat, Regensburg, 1803, lot 43). Acquired in 1857 from the Zentralgemäldegalerie-Direktion.
Bibliography
Das Mittelalter. II, Gotische Alterthümer der Baukunst und Bildnerei, by H. Graf, G. Hager and J. A. Mayer (Munich, 1896), VI, no. 1415, pl. XXIX.
R. Berliner, Die Bildwerke des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, IV. Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein, Knochen, Hirsch- und Steinbockhorn, mit einem Anhange: Elfenbeinarbeiten der Staatlichen Schlossmuseen in Bayern (Augsburg, 1926), no. 67.
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