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Bildhauer des 17./ 18. Jahrhunderts
Höhe: 70 cm.
Breite: 66 cm. Tiefe: 36 cm.
Das Buch des Lebens
Catalogue price € 15.000 - 18.000
Catalogue price€ 15.000 - 18.000
$ 16,200 - 19,440
£ 13,500 - 16,200
元 117,300 - 140,760
₽ 1,492,350 - 1,790,820
Allegorische Figurengruppe in Gestalt eines am Boden sitzenden Chronos mit Sense, über sein geneigtes Haupt hat ein stehender Engel das Buch des Lebens gelegt, die großen Flügel geöffnet, Spielbein über das Standbein verschränkt gestellt, in langem Gewand, der Kopf nach links gerichtet mit leichtem Lächeln, in der rechten Hand eine Schreibfeder, mit der er die guten Taten des Menschen ins Buch notiert. Die Darstellung symbolisiert gleichzeitig die durch das Christentum überwundene Antike, wonach der Tod (verkörpert durch den Todesboten Chronos) durch die ewige Seele und ihre guten Taten weiterlebt. Figurengruppe in dunkelbraun patinierter Bronze auf rechteckiger Plinthe. (7706548)
Sculpture of the 17th/18th century
Height: 70 cm.
“The Book of Life”
This object has been individually compared to the information in the Art Loss Register data bank and is not registered there as stolen or missing.
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