A CARVED FRUITWOOD FIGURE OF EVE
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOTS 143-144)
A CARVED FRUITWOOD FIGURE OF EVE

GERMAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A CARVED FRUITWOOD FIGURE OF EVE
GERMAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
On an integrally carved naturalistic base; stamped '336' and with a circular ink stamp inscribed 'BUNDESDENKMALAMT' on the underside
11 in. (28.2 cm.) high
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
N. Jopek, German Sculpture 1430-1540, A Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2002, no. 35.

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Celia Harvey
Celia Harvey

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This figure of Eve has a traditional attribution to the early 16th century as it relates to a small body of work by Daniel Mauch (1477-153). The contrapposto of the nude figure, standing on a naturalistic plinth, with bulbous-shaped breasts, separately carved arms and loosely knotted hair all compare to a female goddess in the Victoria and Albert by Mauch (Jopek, loc. cit.).

However the open stance and sweet facial expression of the present figure suggest than it may have been carved during the Durer Revival period in the early seventeenth century. The present figure shares these characteristics with a figure of Minerva (inv. no. LGA5064) that accompanies several figures by Mauch in a group of the The Judgement of Paris (inv. no. LGA5062) in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, that is thought to have been carved in the early seventeenth century.