Lot 96: Johann Peter Wagner (1730 - 1809) - Immaculate

Johann Peter Wagner (1730 - 1809) - Immaculate Marydepicted in animated pose, standing atop a globe, the left foot resting on a crescent moon, the right leg advanced and resting on a serpent with an apple in its jaws, Mary's head slightly turned aside, her hair held by a gilt ribbon and gathered in the back, the left hand pointing at the heart, the belted, floor-length garment hugging the body in many folds, draped with a gilt cloak, limewood, carved in the round, polychromed, silvered and gilt, the head surrounded by a glory, Height: 110 cm, the paint slightly flaked and refreshed, the work of Johann Peter Wagner circa 1777 - 78, (Er)Johann Peter Alexander Wagner, (baptised Obertheres (Lower Franconia), 26.02.1730, † 07.01.1809), sculptor, after studies at Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, and Mannheim, he settled in Würzburg in 1756, from where his workshop supplied the entire Lower Franconian region with religious and secular sculptures. While his early works are still in keeping with the spirit of the Rococo, his later pieces in the manner of antiquity are in the neoclassical mold. Works: "Vierröhrenbrunnen" in Würzburg (1763 - 1765; with L. van der Auvera); Stations of the Käppele, ibid. (1767); staircase figures and putti of the court gardens of the Würzburg Residency and in Veitshöchheim.