Endras Maurus
Pietà
Date 1520
Epoque 1400-1600, 16th Century
Origine Southern Germany, Kempten
Medium Limewood
Dimension 39.5 x 42 x 13.5 cm (15¹/₂ x 16¹/₂ x 5³/₈ inches)
With a rich dark brown patina, beautifully balanced and expertly carved, this object is a rare surviving example of the oeuvre of the master craftsman Endras Maurus, an artist trained in Augsburg and active in Kempten and Allgäu from around the second quarter of the 16th century. The present sculpture shows strong stylistic similarities, for example, to his enthroned Saint Catherine now in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Munich (Inv. no. MA 1762) and his Virgin from the crucifixion group in the Pfarrkirche in Wuchzenhofen, Allgäu (see Miller, op. cit, pp. 183, 186-187).
This sculpture is accompanied by an expert report from Dr. Albrecht Miller, Ottobrun, dated 14 November 2008 confirming the attribution to Endras Maurus based on first hand examination of the work.
Date: 1520
Epoque: 1400-1600, 16th Century
Origine: Southern Germany, Kempten
Medium: Limewood
Dimension: 39.5 x 42 x 13.5 cm (15¹/₂ x 16¹/₂ x 5³/₈ inches)
Provenance: Private collection, Southern Germany
Literature: A. Miller, ‘Endras Maurus – Bildhauer zu Kempten’ in R. Kahsnitz and P. Volk (eds.), Skulptur in Süddeutschland 1400 -1770. Festschrift für Alfred Schädler (Deutscher Kunstverlag, München, Berlin, 1998), pp. 177-196
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