IN THE MANNER OF THE SCHENCK FAMILY, CIRCA 1700

For a similar but larger relief see Sotheby's London, European Works of Art, 8 December 1988, lot 287.
For comparative sculpture by Christophe Daniel and J.C. Schenck, see Philippovich, Elfenbein, pls. 142 and 146a, and 'Meisterwerke des 17. bis 19.Jahrhunderts in den Sammlungen des Stifts Einsiedeln' in Aachener Kunstblatter, vol. 39, 1969. pp. 190-209.