Meister der Ilsung-Madonna Early 16th century - Saint Wolfgang and Saint James the Great
auction 933, Lot 44
FAUSSNER COLLECTION
on 8 May 2024
Meister der Ilsung-Madonna Early 16th century
war tätig in Augsburg um 1475
Saint Wolfgang and Saint James the Great
Differenzbesteuerung
Meister der Ilsung-Madonna Early 16th century
war tätig in Augsburg um 1475
Saint Wolfgang and Saint James the Great
Oil auf panel. 146.5 x 50 cm. Relined. Restored. Framed (158 x 62 cm).
According to kind information from Dr Bernd Konrad, Constance, the present painting is a work by the "Master of the Ilsung Madonna". This artist was active in Augsburg around 1475. As his biography is still unknown, he is named after his Madonna panel for the Augsburg Basilica of St Ulrich and Afra, which bears the coat of arms of the prestigious Ilsung patrician family. He is considered one of the most important and distinctive painters of Augsburgs late Gothic period.There is a counterpart to this panel, which was offered at Sothebys London on 4 December 2014 under cat. no. 110.Both paintings have the following provenance:1924 Schidlof Collection, Vienna (as South German c. 1490). - Kleinberger & Co. - 1947 Seligmann Collection, New York (as School of Regensburg). - 1987 Private property Baden-Württemberg. - 1989 Offer of the present panel at Lempertz, Cologne (as Swabia/Augsburg).Literature (after Konrad): Sale Schidlof, Vienna, 17-19 December 1924, cat. no. 101 (with illus.). - Saler Parke-Bernet, New York, 23-24 January 1947, cat. no. 238 (with illus.). - Sale Ketterer, Munich, 23 November 1987, cat. no. 1692 (with illus.). - Weltkunst 22, 15 November 1989, p. 3674 (with illus.). - Sale Lempertz, Cologne, auction 647, 11 December 1989, cat. no. 444 (with colour plate I).
provenance: collection of Hans Constantin Faußner, Munich.
