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Pietà
Pietà
Kunstpalast - Horst Kolberg/ARTOTHEK

Pietà, ca. 1515

ArtistHans Kels the Elder, Füssen 1480–1559 Kaufbeuren
MediumLime, original polychromy on gesso, in part renewed
(H x W)52 x 75 cm
Place mentionedUpper Swabia
Status
not on display
About the workMary holds in her arms the body of her Son, Jesus Christ, taken from the cross. The mother’s feelings are expressed by her dramatically flowing garment. She supports her son from the side and thus allows the faithful to share in her grief. This type of Pietà has been a widespread devotional image in the Catholic Church since the fourteenth century. In 1507, the carver Hans Kels became a member of the guild known as the Kaufbeurer Kramerzunft, which organized local sculptors and painters.
AccessionAcquisition 1936
Provenance[...]; bis 6.5.1913 Sammlung Dr. Richard Oertel (1865 - 1943), München/Schloss Miltach, Bayern; 6.5.1913 Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, Versteigerung Dr. Oertel, München, Nr. 126, Tafel 78, unverkauft; April 1934 - mind. 30.4.1936 ausgestellt in Alte Deutsche Kunst GmbH, Bremen; 5.5.1936 angekauft von Richard Oertel über Dr. Johannes Jantzen, Alte Deutsche Kunst GmbH, Bremen


Inventory numberP 1936-3
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