Limewood sculpture – €100,000 (£86,205) at Kinsky.
Two highly different examples of sculptural art caused the greatest stir at the sale of works of art at Kinsky (25% buyer’s premium) in Vienna on April 8-10. First up was the 3ft 5in (1.05m) high lime-wood sculpture of the Madonna with Child, flanked by two angels.
The group was attributed to the workshop of the south German sculptor Michel Erhart (c.1440-45 to after 1520) whose works rarely come onto the market. The painting and gold decoration had been extensively restored, but as the figure had been in private Austrian collections since the 1950s considerable interest followed.