LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel, punched gold ground

Measurements:

35.24 in. (89.50 cm.) (height) by 28.35 in. (72.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Condition:

framed

Literature:

H. Rott, H. Rott, Quellen und Forschungen zur südwestdeutschen und schweizerischen Kunstgeschichte im XV. und XVI. Jahrhundert, Quellen und Forschungen zur südwestdeutschen und schweizerischen Kunstgeschichte im XV. und XVI. Jahrhundert, vol. 2, vol. 2, Alt-Schwaben und die Reichsstädte, Alt-Schwaben und die Reichsstädte, Stuttgart 1934, Stuttgart 1934, p. 139, p. 139, The Kempten painter Ulrich Mair only gained recognition due to the discovery of his signature on an altar wing, The Kempten painter Ulrich Mair only gained recognition due to the discovery of his signature on an altar wing, painted on both sides, painted on both sides, in Wernigerode Castle (in Saxony-Anhalt), in Wernigerode Castle (in Saxony-Anhalt), dated 1473. The depiction of the saint sitting at a writing desk allows one to conclude that this is probably an image of one of the four Fathers of the Church. The tiara indicates that this is most likely Gregory the Great, dated 1473. The depiction of the saint sitting at a writing desk allows one to conclude that this is probably an image of one of the four Fathers of the Church. The tiara indicates that this is most likely Gregory the Great, as the only pontiff of the four. In this context, as the only pontiff of the four. In this context, the two apostles depicted on the reverse, the two apostles depicted on the reverse, Andrew and Peter, Andrew and Peter, represent the Eastern and Western Church., represent the Eastern and Western Church

Provenance:

Private Collection, Vienna;, Dorotheum Vienna, 17 November 1981, lot 104