Crucifix
Sculptures
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Beggar from a Saint Martin and the Beggar Group
| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Culture | Austrian |
| Date | 1460–1470 |
| Object type | wooden sculpture |
| Medium, technique | carved, painted and gilded yellow pine wood |
| Dimensions | 71 x 28 x 23 cm |
| Inventory number | 84.6 |
| Collection | Sculptures |
| On view | Museum of Fine Arts, Second Floor, European Sculpture 1350-1800, Gallery 1 |
Leinhart Scherhauff, a sculptor and painter from South Tyrol, was the head of a large workshop in Brixen (now Bressanone, Italy). He broke with the widespread tradition of the gracious International Gothic style in painting and sculpture and established a more realistic and naturalistic style. His sculptures had a strong influence on South Tyrolean art until the end of the 15th century. The statue of the
Beggar was regarded earlier as a shepherd from a Nativity scene. This is contradicted by the fact that his shabby clothing is covered by a gilded mantle.
It seems more likely that he was a figure of a Beggar for a Saint Martin group.
References
Balogh, Jolán – Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, Katalog der ausländischen Bildwerke des Museums der bildenden Künste in Budapest, 4.-18. Jahrhundert, Bd. 3. Neuerwerbungen, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1994, p. 55., no. 33.
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.