- Putto
auction 928, Lot 57
THE RUDOLF NEUMEISTER COLLECTION - HIGHLIGHTS
on 22 October 2019
Putto
Differenzbesteuerung
A Putto
Workshop of Christian Jorhan, the Elder (1727 Griesbach - 1804 Landshut), circa 1760
Seated turning to the left with outstretched arms, the loincloth draped in angular folds around his waist. Limewood, back hollowed out, fingers chipped. Old polished white painting, partly restored. The back inscribed "F". Height 73 cm. Life like and realistically modelled, characteristic of the workshop of Christian Jorhan the Elder. Comparable with the putti on the high altar of in St Michaels in Michaelsbuch, from 1763, reproduced in Schmidt, Otto/von der Mülbe, Wolf-Christian, Christian Jorhan the Elder 1727-1804. Riemerling 1986, p. 75.
