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Erasmus Grasser, attributed

Schmiedmühlen (Upper Palatinate) circa 1450 – 1518 Munich

Saint Nicholas of Myra. Circa 1500

Limewood, carved, remains of colour decoration. 97 × 74 × 26 cm (38 ¼ × 29 ⅛ × 10 ¼ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Erasmus Grasser, attributed. Saint Nicholas of Myra. Circa 1500.

Estimate:

EUR 15,000

 

- 20,000

USD 16,000

 

- 21,300

Sold for:

12,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2017

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 01.06.2017

Information

Limewood, carved, remains of colour decoration. 97 × 74 × 26 cm (38 ¼ × 29 ⅛ × 10 ¼ in.). Small additions.

Related literature considering St. Michael in Freising: Diözesanmuseum für christliche Kunst des Erzbistums München und Freising (ed.): Christliche Kunst aus Bayern, Salzburg und Tirol. 12. bis 18. Jahrhundert. Munich, 1984, vol. 2, p. 86
Comparable object: Erasmus Grasser: Cosmas or Damian, circa 1500 (137 cm), County Museum of Arts, Los Angeles, inv. no. 47.828.

Private collection, Berlin

Auction 782: Cologne, Kunsthaus Lempertz, 4 December 1999, cat. no. 1382, p. 10, pl.l CXVII / Jürgen Rohmeder: Erasmus Grasser. Bildhauer, Bau- und Werkmeister. Bern and Berlin, 2003, cat. no. F 88, p. 397 (here not attributed to Grasser)