BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
Property from a Distinguished Belgian Private Collection
SOUTHERN NETHERLANDISH, ANTWERP, CIRCA 1520 | RELIEF WITH MOURNERS FROM A CRUCIFIXION
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July 9, 02:23 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Property from a Distinguished Belgian Private Collection
SOUTHERN NETHERLANDISH, ANTWERP, CIRCA 1520
RELIEF WITH MOURNERS FROM A CRUCIFIXION
oak, on a later wood base
marked with the Antwerp 'hand'
relief: 36 by 41.5cm., 14⅛ by 16⅜in.
overall: 41 by 49cm., 16⅛ by 19¼in.
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Hubert Verbelen, Sint Truiden;
private collection, Belgium
Marked with the Antwerp Hand, this moving group would have been situated at the foot of the Crucifixion within a large altarpiece. While the composition of Saint John supporting the fainting Virgin alongside the two other Marys is a stock motif in retables made in early 16th-century Antwerp, the quality of carving and high level of detail in the physiognomies, draperies and Mary Magdalene's headdress distinguish the present relief as a particularly fine work from the Antwerp school.
RELATED LITERATURE
H. Nieuwdorp (ed.), Antwerpse retabels, 15de-16de eeuw, exh. cat. Antwerp, 1993, cat. nos. 4, 6, 33
A Radiocarbon Dating Measurement Report prepard by Jill Walker for RCD Lockinge (Ref. RCD-9416, sample taken February 2020) states that the wood from the sample dates between AD 1304 and 1365 or 1383 and 1414 (95% confidence interval).