
A Pair of Cherubs
Lot closes
June 25, 10:51 AM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
Starting Bid
7,000 EUR
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Description
Workshop of Franz Ignaz Günther (1725 - 1775)
Munich, circa 1760 - 1770
A Pair of Cherubs
polychromed limewood
girl: 23 by 23cm., 9 by 9in.
boy: 24 by 27cm., 9½ by 10⅝ in.
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RELATED LITERATURE
P. Volk, Ignaz Günther: Vollendung des Rokoko, Regensburg, 1991, pp. 168-169;
P. Volk, Rokokoplastik in Altbayern, Bayrish-Schwaben und im Allgäu, Munich, 1981;
C. Maué, Die Bildwerke des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts im Germanischen Nationalmuseum, Teil 2: Bayern, Österreich, Italien, Spanien, Mainz, 2005, pp. 61-66, cat. 122-124;
Mit leib und seele, Münchner Rokoko von Asam bus Günther, exh. cat. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 12 December 2014 – 12 April 2015, pp. 302-303, cat. 81;
M. Trusted, Baroque sculpture in Germany and Central Europe 1600 – 1770, Turnhout, 2022, pp. 176-195.
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