| 65. A South German Lindenwood relief of the Nativity, Swabia or Upper Rhine, circa 1600
With Mary kneeling, carved in the round on the left, Joseph kneeling on the right, centering the infant Jesus, with a cow and donkey observing the scene from behind a wattle fence, two music making angels above, the roof of the manger carved with two beer making monks, a shepherd playing the bagpipe , his sheep, and an angel, fitted in a freestanding carved wood frame and rectangular plinth. 37" x 19" without frame
8,000/12,000 SOLD: $7,130.00
Condition: Lacking one sheep from the upper right side, otherwise in very good condition.
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