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ENGLISH, PROBABLY NOTTINGHAM, 15TH CENTURY | RELIEF WITH THE LAMENTATION OVER THE DEAD CHRIST

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Auction Closed

July 2, 02:29 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

ENGLISH, PROBABLY NOTTINGHAM, 15TH CENTURY

RELIEF WITH THE LAMENTATION OVER THE DEAD CHRIST


alabaster, with remnants of gilding and polychromy

49.5cm., 19½in. 

Please note the following amendments to the printed catalogue: This Lot will be stored in New Bond street and not as stated in the printed catalogue.

Private collection, Belgium

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ is a comparatively rare subject in Nottingham alabaster carving. This large relief shows three female figures (presumably Mary Magdalene, Mary of Cleophas, and a third saint) surrounding the Virgin and Christ. It is similar in composition to an example in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. A197-1946). 


RELATED LITERATURE

F. Cheetham, English Medieval Alabasters: With a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Oxford, 1984, no. 124; F. Cheetham, Alabaster Images of Medieval England, Woodbridge, 2003, pp. 93-94