MASTER OF THE ROCKELFINGER/ WARTENBERGER ALTARPIECE
(active in the Munich region, c. 1510)
Munich, c. 1510/15
Lime wood, sculptures in the round, originally unpainted
Height: 79 cm and 85 cm
Literature: Benno C. Gantner: Die bewegte Geschichte des Gnadenbildes von Aufkirchen am Starnberger See. In: Ars Bavarica, vol. 89, Starnberg 2021, pp. 32 f.
Provenance:
- Collection Benoit Oppenheim, Berlin (1842-1931); Collection cat. Nachtrag, 1911, no. 120/121
- Gallery Goldschmidt-Wallerstein, Berlin; sold 1924
- Fritz Gutmann, Heemstede (Haarlem) (1886-1944); acquired 1928
- 1939 on loan to the World Exhibition in New York
- subsequently to Frederic Stern for safekeeping
- 1948 sold to the Saint Louis Art Museum
- 2017 retransferred to the heirs of Fritz Gutmann
- Private collection Posen/Polen until 2019
Expertise: Dr. Benno C. Gantner
