Late Gothic winged altar High rectangular, beveled,... Lot 3032

Late Gothic winged altar High rectangular, beveled, painted and gilded wooden shrine with carvings and two panel-painted wings from the circle of Hans Schäufelein (around 1480/85 - 1538/40), probably made for a high-ranking cleric. On the outside of the wings, a scenic depiction of the Annunciation of Mary by the Archangel Gabriel in an interior beneath filigree acanthus work. On the left side, the Virgin Mary with long, loose hair and a disc nimbus, reading in an open book at an altar-like piece of furniture; above her is a dove as a symbol of the Holy Spirit, below her a pot of lily of the valley as a symbol of Mary's virginal conception, humility and modesty. Standing opposite her on the right-hand side of the picture is Gabriel with a long herald's staff in his left hand. Attached to the figures are inscribed bands with Latin text lines "Ecce ancilla domini" ("Behold, the handmaid of the Lord") and "Ave gratia plena dominus (tecum)" ("Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with thee!") after the Gospel of Luke, which are also part of the frequent prayers "Angelus Domini", "Ave Maria" and "Rosary". On the inside of the wings, the virginal Saints Dorothea and Genoveva of Paris standing in front of tapestries under semicircular arches with acanthus tendrils: Dorothea with a wreath and basket of flowers, at her feet the infant Jesus with a rose stem; Genoveva with a burning candle as an attribute. The date "1508" on the lower edge of the wings. The central shrine with correspondingly designed, painted tapestry, the upper, golden surface of the back wall with a punched pattern; crowned on the front by a carved, Gothic tracery with acanthus tendrils. The shrine contains a late Gothic crescent moon Madonna made of carved, painted and partially gilded wood, hollowed out at the back; Mary standing in a floor-length robe, the Christ Child sitting on her right hand, flanked at her feet by two angels holding the crescent moon; the frame has been painted over and restored, Mary's left hand added; two brass disk candlesticks attached. Shrine h. approx. 119 cm, w. front approx. 98 cm, back approx. 91 cm; wings each approx. 115 cm x 44.5 cm; total w. (unfolded) approx. 180 cm. The Annunciation was one of the most common motifs in late Gothic winged altars, in keeping with the deeply felt devotion to the Virgin Mary, to which the two other saints Dorothea and Genoveva also fit in with this altar. A painted double-winged South German probably Franconian home altarpiece depicting the Annunciation and the Saints Dorothea of Caesarea and Genevieve. In the central shrine a German carved, painted and gilt wooden sculpture of the Woman of the Apocalypse with two angels. Accompanied by two South German brass candlesticks. Polychromy of the sculpture overpainted and restored, left hand of Mary replaced. Altar South German, probably Franconian, dat. Sculpture from Central Germany, c. 1480-1500. Disc candlestick from Southern Germany, 16th/17th century.