Allegory of Transience, so-called Vanitas Group
ca. 1470/80, Artist: Michel Erhart , ODER:
Allegory of Transience, so-called Vanitas Group
The three figures, carved from a single piece of wood, represent the beauty of youth and its transience. The degeneration of the body in old age is drastically emphasized through the realism of the masterful polychromy. It is unclear whether the group originally belonged in a larger context, e.g. a clock case, or was already planned as a small antonymous sculpture.
Object data
Object Name
Sculpture; Statuette
Culture
Ulm
Dated
ca. 1470/80
Artist
Michel Erhart , ODER: (um 1440/45 - nach 1522) - GND
Jörg Syrlin d. Ä. (1425 Ulm - 1491 Ulm) - GND
Material
Painted limewood
Dimensions
46,5 cm × 19 cm
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer
Inv. No.
Kunstkammer, 1
IGS - Vanitas Allegorie - Syrlin
OESG - Vanitas Allegorie - Syrlin
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