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LOT 2004 Upper Rhine-Region around 1460The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula and the Eleven Thousand VirginsMixed

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Upper Rhine-Region around 1460 The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins Mixed media in panel (planed off and partly parquetted). 132 x 110.5 cm. Certificate Dr. Anna Moraht-Fromm, Berlin, March 2020. Provenance Purchased on the art market in south Germany in the 1980s, subsequently in private ownership. A cog at anchor in the harbour of Cologne forms the centre of the image. Saint Ursula stands tall among the figures populating the ship, in accordance with her importance to the story. She is not depicted with a halo, but wears a crown reminiscent of a hennin over her hair, which helps to differentiate her from those around her. She has also been shot through the neck by an arrow. The work depicts the hun attack in which, according to legend, Saint Ursula found her gruesome martyrdom along with eleven thousand other defenceless virgins killed by arrows Whilst the inhabitants of the boat appear to resign themselves to their horrific fate with stoic tranquility, the entire lower section of the image is occupied by the wild butchery of the barbarians. They are depicted with unusually colourful attire and thin bodies. In dramatically stilted poses they demonstrate how one enters a ship with a pointed grapple, swings a sword, or loads a crossbow. These realistic and unapologetically dramatic elements exemplify the new stylistic tendencies in the art of the Upper Rhine region in the mid-15th century. Here they are combined with the lyrical atmosphere and soft female faces of earlier centuries to create an unmistakable mixture. This depiction of the martyrdom of Saint Ursula and her companions is one of the rare works from this transitional phase before it was entirely superseded by the influential works of Martin Schongauer. We would like to thank Dr. Anna Moraht-Fromm, Berlin for this catalogue entry from her expertise on the painting. Oberrheinischer Meister um 1460 Martyrium der Hl. Ursula und der elftausend Jungfrauen Mischtechnik auf Holz (abgespalten, abgehobelt, teilparkettiert). 132 x 110,5 cm. Gutachten Dr. Anna Moraht-Fromm, Berlin im März 2020. Provenienz In den 1980er Jahren im süddeutschen Kunsthandel erworben, seither in Privatbesitz. Die im Hafen von Köln vor Anker gehende Kogge bestimmt das Bildzentrum. Unter den Personen, die im Schiff dicht gedrängt zusammenstehen, überragt die Hl. Ursula - entsprechend ihrer Bedeutung - ihre Gefährtinnen an Größe. Sie ist nicht nimbiert, doch mit einer an eine Hörnerhaube erinnernden Krone über beidseitig aufgestecktem Haar deutlich herausgehoben. In ihrem Hals steckt ein Pfeil. Geschildert wird der Überfall der Hunnen, bei dem - wie die Legende berichtet - Ursula zusammen mit elftausend wehrlosen Jungfrauen auf grausame Weise ihr Martyrium erlitt, indem sie mit Pfeilen niedergemetzelt wurde. Während sich alle Insassen des Bootes in geradezu stoischer Ruhe ihrem grausamen Schicksal ausweglos gegenübersehen, füllt die gesamte vordere Bildbühne das wilde Gemetzel der Barbaren in auffällig bunter Kleidung an zierlichen, schlanken Körpern. In dramatisch übersteigerten Posen führen sie vor, wie man mit spitzigen Enterhaken ein Schiff kapert, ein Schwert führt oder die Armbrust spannt. Diese das Realistische nicht scheuende Dramatik offenbart die neuen stilistischen Tendenzen in der oberrheinischen Kunst um die Mitte des 15. Jahrhunderts. Sie gehen mit dem lyrischen Ton der früheren Jahrzehnte, der in den lieblichen Gesichtern der weiblichen Figuren noch immer nachklingt, eine unverwechselbare Verbindung ein. Damit gehört diese Darstellung des Martyriums der Hl. Ursula und ihrer Gefährtinnen zu den überaus raren Werken einer Übergangszeit, die schon bald von der Kunst des alles bestimmenden Martin Schongauer abgelöst werden sollte. Wir danken Dr. Anna Moraht-Fromm, Berlin, für die aus ihrem aktuellen Gutachten erstellte Katalogisierung dieses Gemäldes.

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