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11. Medieval works from Hungary and the German and Austrian territories

Workshop from a mining town (?)

The Lord with a chorus of angels; perhaps a detail from the gable of a winged altarpiece
1510-20
Limewood, polychrome, gilt, traces of Press Brocade (pressbrokat)
Inv. 56.838

Carving originally placed perhaps in an arched, hexagonal-backed niche. The positioning of the figures, the direction of their glances and the structure of the overall composition indicate the work was meant be viewed from below and perhaps occupied a pediment niche. János Végh has posited that it adorned the upper part of an altarpiece shrine.
The lively colouring of the relief is partially the result of later overpainting, although the original polychromy has still survived on a large part of the surface, alongside the clearly visible additions. Traces of press brocade can be observed on the surplice of the angel playing a horn.

Provenance:
Ipolyi collection. ‘149. The Lord with a choir of angels. The figures are from the waist up. Wooden carving. 15th c. (suspicious).’ (Lakatos-Balla 295)

Bibliography
Kalauz a Biharvármegyei és Nagyváradi Régészeti és Történelmi Egylet Múzeumához. Nagyvárad 1898, 149 sz. – Gerevich Tibor: A régi magyar művészet európai helyzete Budapest 1924, 24. – Gerevich-1928, 218. – Az 1930- évi őszi kiállítás képes tárgymutatója. Műcsarnok. Bp 1930, 100 sz. – Kampis Antal-1940, 132, 303 kép. – Genthon-1948, 149. Czobor-1955, 16. – Az esztergomi Főszékesegyházi Könyvtár anyagából rendezett kódexminiatúra-kiállítás katalógusa. Esztergom 1958, 25. – Radocsay-1967, 175. – Cséfalvay-1993, 183-184 (Végh J.)
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