Inv. MA 2049
Saint John the Evangelist holding the poisoned cup.
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. 1416'. Label with inscription: '438'.
Comments
This statuette is part of the same ensemble as Inv. MA 2046-2048, 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 44 (Verzeichniss einer auserlesenen Sammlung von Elfenbein-Arbeiten welche weil. S.T. Herr Andreas Udalrich Mayr hinterlassen hat, Regensburg, 1803, lot 44). Acquired in 1857 from the Zentralgemäldegalerie-Direktion.
Bibliography
Verkaufskatalog der Sammlung Andreas U. Mayr (Regensburg, 1803), no. 42-45.
Das Mittelalter. II, Gotische Alterthümer der Baukunst und Bildnerei, by H. Graf, G. Hager and J. A. Mayer (Munich, 1896), VI, no. 1416, 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. 68.
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