BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
SOUTHERN NETHERLANDISH, PROBABLY MALINES, EARLY 16TH CENTURY | TRIPTYCH CENTRED BY A FIGURE OF SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST
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July 9, 02:38 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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SOUTHERN NETHERLANDISH, PROBABLY MALINES, EARLY 16TH CENTURY
TRIPTYCH CENTRED BY A FIGURE OF SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST
gilt and polychromed walnut, within an associated pine triptych with oil paintings
the associated, probably Austrian triptych painted with scenes from the life of Saint John the Baptist to the interior
figure: 36cm., 14¼in.
altar: 47 by 30 by 13cm., 18½ by 11¾ by 5⅛in. (closed)
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Private collection, Austria
Identified by the small dragon surmounting his cup, and the Eagle at his feet, the figure of Saint John the Evangelist is stylistically consistent with early 16th-century statuettes from Malines; note the doll-like features and characteristic floral motifs painted on his robes. While portable triptych altars were widely produced in Southern Netherlandish centres such as Antwerp and Malines, it is likely that the present altar painted with scenes from the life of Saint John the Baptist is associated and perhaps of Alpine origin, where the use of pine was prevalent.
RELATED LITERATURE
Préliminaires à l'Inventaire général des Statuettes d'origine malinoise, présumées des XVe et XVIe siècles, Brussels, 1958; A. Huysmans, La sculpture des Pays-Bas méridionaux et de la Principauté de Liège, XVe et XVIe siècles, cat. Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire Bruxelles, Brussels, 2000, no. 72