BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
ENGLISH, PROBABLY NOTTINGHAM, 15TH CENTURY | RELIEF WITH THE LAMENTATION OVER THE DEAD CHRIST
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July 9, 02:24 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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ENGLISH, PROBABLY NOTTINGHAM, 15TH CENTURY
RELIEF WITH THE LAMENTATION OVER THE DEAD CHRIST
alabaster, with remnants of gilding and polychromy
49.5cm., 19½in.
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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