Rare clay sculpture of a mourner, Lower Bavaria,... Lot 4

Rare clay sculpture of a mourner, Lower Bavaria, Landshut or Straubing, c. 1450, Very beautifully and richly detailed modelled figure made of terracotta, the robe and the cloak with rich drapery, standing on a narrow plinth. Hollowed inside, remains of an old setting. L. rest., from the estate of the Georges Schaltenbrand Collection (1897-1979), acquired from Hugo Helbing, Munich, auction 9/10 June 1930, lot 490 The sitter may be a mourning Virgin from a crucifixion scene or a female figure from a group of mourning figures. Compare this with the Straubing Lamentation Group, now in the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe. Lit. Eva Zimmermann, Die mittelalterlichen Bildwerke in Holz, Stein, Ton und Bronze, cat. no. 97. No. 97. For further examples of Straubing and Landshut terracotta figures, see Martin Hirsch, Spätgotische Tonplastik in Altbayern und angrenzenden Regionen, cat. 3 ff. as well as Theodor Müller, Die Bildwerke in Holz, Ton und Stein (.), Munich, 1959, vol. XIII, cat. no. 17 ff, h. 107 cm.