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Ligier Richier

Saint-Mihiel circa 1500 – 1566/67 Geneva

Harp playing angel from a Nativity scene. Circa 1550

Limestone. 22,8 × 27 × 10 cm (without base) (9 × 10 ⅝ × 3 ⅞ in. (without base)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Ligier Richier. Harp playing angel from a Nativity scene. Circa 1550.

Estimate:

EUR 20,000

 

- 25,000

USD 23,600

 

- 29,400

Sold for:

70,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2017

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 30.11.2017

Information

Limestone. 22,8 × 27 × 10 cm (without base) (9 × 10 ⅝ × 3 ⅞ in. (without base)). Remains of polychrome version.

Related literature: Paul Denis: Ligier Richier. L’artiste et son œuvre. Paris and Nancy, 1911 / Ligier Richier et la sculpture en Lorraine au XVIe siècle, bearb. Of Paulette Choné. Exh. cat., Bar-le-Duc, 1985 / Jean-René Gaborit (ed.): Sculpture française. II, Renaissance et Temps modern. Paris, 1998, vol. 2, p. 567 / Noëlle Cazin and Marie-Agnès Sonrier (ed.): Ligier Richier. Un sculpteur lorrain de la Renaissance. Nancy, 2008.

Schloss- and Kollegiatskirche Saint-Maxe in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse (until 1792) / private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (acquired in 1976 at Black-Nadeau Gallery, Monte-Carlo, Monaco)

It should be pointed out that: It is advisable to make an analysis of the stone to be asured that the sculpture was part of the decoration of the Palace Church of Saint-Maxe in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse.