Inv. 946
Allegorical female figure holding a bird (dove?).
Verzeichnis 1930: Venice, 15th century.
Schenkluhn 1987 and Museum's opinion 2012: Italian (Venice?), c. 1500.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: brown (hair; eyes), red (lips).
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Polished surface. The front is bright white, the back yellowish. Small cracks. A drill hole for mounting in the bottom.
Missing: fingers of the right hand.
Comments
This object is related to another possibly allegorical figure in the same collection (Inv. 945).
Provenance
Acquired from J. Rosenbaum, Frankfurt, in 1928.
Bibliography
Städtische Galerie zu Frankfurt am Main. Skulpturensammlung im Liebieghaus. Kurzes Verzeichnis der Bildwerke (Frankfurt am Main, 1930), p. 117, no. 946.
W. Schenkluhn, Liebieghaus - Museum Alter Plastik. Nachantike Kleinplastische Bildwerke, vol. I: Mittelalter. 11. Jahrhundert bis 1530/40 (Melsungen, 1987), no. 142, pp. 232-233.
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