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God the Father
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The embossed relief represents God the Father or possibly Christ. He is seated, raising His right hand in a gesture of blessing, while His left grasps a book that rests on His knee. The halo has incised lines to indicate rays of light. The background is decorated with an incised lozenge pattern, the alternate compartments of which have been punchecd with an allover dot ornament.
Much of the gilding has been worn off. That which remains appears to be original. Six small holes on the edge of the relief were used to attach it to its background. The forehead is slightly dented.
Busch-Reisinger Museum
Ottmar Strauss Cologne sold [through Hugo Helbing Frankfurt November 6-8 1934 lot 99]. [1] [Mathias Komor New York] sold; to Busch-Reisinger Museum December 1958
Notes
[1] According to an annotated version of the Hugo Helbing sale catalogue the work was sold to “Whilling.”
[2] In March 2023 Harvard University reached an agreement with the Ottmar Strauss Heirs allowing the Harvard Art Museums to retain the bronze relief that was sold in Frankfurt in 1934.
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum Museum purchase
Title: God the Father
Description:
The embossed relief represents God the Father or possibly Christ.
He is seated, raising His right hand in a gesture of blessing, while His left grasps a book that rests on His knee.
The halo has incised lines to indicate rays of light.
The background is decorated with an incised lozenge pattern, the alternate compartments of which have been punchecd with an allover dot ornament.
Much of the gilding has been worn off.
That which remains appears to be original.
Six small holes on the edge of the relief were used to attach it to its background.
The forehead is slightly dented.
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