Günther, Ignatz 1725 Altmannstein - 1775 Munich Bust of St. Eliseus. Ca. 1760/70 (?). Polychromy, resp. silver coloured, colouring re-done several times and partially lost. Supplementation of the right hand as well as the finger and thumb of the left hand. Lime wood. Height: 80 x 66cm. Literature: Schmitt, Otto und Swarzenski, Georg: Meisterwerke der Bildhauerkunst in Frankfurter Privatbesitz, Band II, Bildwerke des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts, Frankfurt 1924, Fig. 68-70. Exhibition: Von allen Seiten betrachtet. Vier Heiligenfiguren von Ignatz Günter, Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe 1988, in catalogue p. 7, fig. 13. This sculpture was created in 1760/70, along with a bust of the Prohet Elija which is currently in the Bavarian National Museum, for the interior of a carmelite church in Munich. It was considered missing for a long time and could be shown publicly for the first time in 1988 in the context of an exhibition in Karlsruhe.