Lot 88: LATE FOLLOWER OF IGNAZ ELHAFEN (1658-1715), AUSTRIAN, 19TH CENTURY

LATE FOLLOWER OF IGNAZ ELHAFEN (1658-1715), AUSTRIAN, 19TH CENTURY RELIEF WITH THE CONVERSION OF ST PAUL a label on the back inscribed Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds Inv.S. n o . 62 , a stamp inscribed 132 and inscribed in black ink N r 35. Maijs and indistinctly N o 4567 ; with a velvet lined glazed wood frame ivory 28 by 14.5cm., 11 by 5 5/8 in.

Von Wittelsbach family, Bavaria
Sold through the Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds on 2 September 1927

This large relief is inspired by Ignaz Elhafen's Conversion of St. Paul from the Kremsmünster Stiftsammlungen, which is illustrated in Christian Theuerkauff's 1968 article (op.cit.). It also compares well to Elhafen's battle scenes in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum (R 4659 and 4675).

RELATED LITERATURE
C. Theuerkauff , 'Der Helffenbeinarbeiter Ignaz Elhafen' in Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte, vol.21, Vienna, 1968, fig.86; R. Berliner, Kataloge des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, Band XIII, 4, 1926, pp. 91, nos. 414-415